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Writ for putting a seal to an exception. A writ by which justices were formerly commanded to put their seals to exceptions taken by a party in a suit. Reg. Orig. 182.

Writ of right patent. Reg. Orig. 1.

The writ of statute staple. Reg. Orig. 151.

From the neighborhood, or vicinage. 3 Bl. Comm. 300. A term applied to a jury.

To traffic; to transact business; to trade. Makers of an accommodation note are deemed dealers with whoever discounts it. Vernon v. Manhattan Co., 17 Wend. (N. Y.) 524.

There ought to be an end of suits; there should be some period put to litigation. Jenk. Cent. 61.

L. Lat. Debt without writ; debt without a declaration. In old practice, this term denoted an action begun by original bill, instead of by writ. In modern usage, it is sometimes applied

The laws help persons who are deceived, not those deceiving. Tray. Lat. Max-. 149.

A person who makes a declaration.

The act of boiling a substance in water, for extracting its virtues. Also the liquor in which a substance has been boiled; water impregnated with the principles of any animal or vegetable

See DECKEE; OB- DEK.

The act of yielding up anything; surrender.

An abbreviation for Domus Proee- rinn, the house of lords.

A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful

The expression “dangers of the sea” means those accidents peculiar to navigation that are of an extraordinary nature. or arise from irresistible force or overwhelming power, which cannot be guarded against by

In French law. A deed is said to have a date certaine (fixed date) when it has been subjected to the formality of registration; after this formality has been complied with, the

In English law. A permission granted to a prisoner to go out of prison, for the purpose of transacting his business, as to hear a case in which he Is concerned at

Breve. Writ of annual pension. An ancient writ by which the king, having a yearly pension due him out of an abbey or priory for any of his chaplains, demanded the same

L. Fr. Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.

A writ for certifying. A writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to certify to a particular fact Reg. Orig. 24.