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L. Fr. Of water and whip of three cords. A term applied to a neife, that is, a bond woman or female villein, as employed in servile work, and subject to corporal

Of false money. The title of the statute 27 Edw. I. Ordaining that persons importing certain coins, called “pollards,” and “crokards,” should forfeit their lives and goods, and everything they could forfeit

A writ which lay for one arrested in a personal action and committed to prison under a mistake as to his identity, the proper defendant bearing the same name. Reg. Orig. 194.

Of legacies and trusts. The name of a title of the Pandects. Dig. 30.

Writ of threats. A writ which lay where a person was threatened with personal violence, or the destruction of his property, to compel the offender to keep the peace. Reg. Orig. 886,

Of peace, (breach of peace,) aud wounds. One of tlie kinds of criminal appeal formerly in use in England, and which lay in cases of assault, wounding, aud breach of the peace.

An ancient writ of entry.

For having a return; to have a return. A term applied to the judgment for the defendant in an action of replevin, awarding him a return of the goods replevied; and to

From time to time, and at all times. Townsh. PI. 17.

A corpse. The body of a human being, deprived of life, but not yet entirely disintegrated. Meads v. Dougherty County, 98 Ga. 097, 25 S. E. 915.

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank to the bishop. So callcd from having been originally appointed to superintend

A weak foundation frustrates [or renders vain] the work [built upon it.] Shep. Touch. CO; Noy, Max. 5, max. 12; Finch. Law, b. 1, ch. 3. When the foundation fails, all goes

The ten commandments given by God to Moses. The Jews called them the “Ten Words,” hence the name.

(Ten times as much.) The name of an ancient writ that was used against a juror who had taken a bribe In money for his verdict. The injured party could thus recover

In Scotch law. An action whereby it Is sought to have some right of property, or of status, or other right judicially ascertained and declared. Bell.

In Scotch law. A decree of the teind court modifying or fixing a stipend.

In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, being a judgment or sentence given by the emperor upon hearing of a cause, (quod impcrator cog- noscens decrevit.) Inst. 1, 2, 6.

In conveyancing. A deed executed or purporting to be executed in parts, between two or more parties, and distinguished by having the edge of the paper or parchment on which it is

Lat. (Will you give? I will give.) In the Roman law. One of the forms of making a verbal stipulation. Inst. 3, 15, 1; Bract, fol. 156.

Damages, both inclusive and exclusive of costs.