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Writ of forfeiture of marriage. Reg. Orig. 163, 104.

Of [his own] wrong. In the technical language of pleading, a replication de injuria is one that may be made iu an action of tort where the defendant has admitted the acts

The name of a writ directed to the sheriff, directing him to Inquire by good and lawful men whether the party charged is a lunatic or not.

A writ forbidding the justices from holding an assise in a particular case. Reg. Orig. 221.

In the civil law. An action to recover a pledge stolen. Inst. 4, 1, 14.

Of things. The title of the third part of the Digests or Tandects, comprising books 12-19, inclusive.

For behaving himself well; for his good behavior Yelv. 90, 154.

A deed de una parte Is one where only one party grants, gives, or binds himself to do a thing to another. It differs from a deed inter partes, (q. v.) 2

A future use.

In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he afterwards died. Ersk. Inst. .”., 8, 90. A deed is understood to be in death-bed,

In the civil and old English law. A debtor.

A deceased person; one who has lately died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but it has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate

Cro. Jac. 42. Tithes ought not to be paid where there is not an annual renovation, and from annual renovations once only.

One enacted for the purpose of removing doubts or putting an end to conflicting decisions in regard to what the law is in relation to a particular matter. It may either be

One where the decision is in favor of the plaintiff. Ersk. Inst. 4, 3, 5.

(Lat. I have given.) A word used in deeds and other instruments of conveyance when such instruments were made in Latin, and anciently held to imply a warranty of title. Deakius v.

Fictitious names of places, used In the English books, as examples. “The manor of Dale and the manor of Sale, lying both in Vale.”

In the civil law. A loss arising from a payment made by a party in consequence of an error of law. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

L. Fr. Last

1. A period of time consisting of twenty-four hours and including the solar day and the night. Co. Litt. 135a; Fox v. Abel, 2 Conn. 541. 2. The space of time which