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In the civil law. A person who assumes the debt of another, andbecomes solely liable for it. by a stipulation with the creditor. lie differs from a surety,inasmuch as this contract is
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In the civil law. A person who assumes the debt of another, andbecomes solely liable for it. by a stipulation with the creditor. lie differs from a surety,inasmuch as this contract is
Lat A foreigner or alien; one born abroad. The opposite of civis.Exterus non habet terras. An alien holds no lands. Tray. Lat. Max. 203.
That which Is done, given, or effected outside the course of regularjudicial proceedings; not founded upon, or unconnected with, the action of a courtof law; as extrajudicial evidence, an extrajudicial oath.That which,
One who saw the act, fact, or transaction to which he testifies.Distinguished from an ear-witness, (auritus.)
In tbe civil law. A robber; a spoiler or plunderer. Expilutorcs auntatrociores fures. Dig. 47, 18, 1, 1.
In the civil law. To undertake for another, with the view ofbecoming liable in his place. Calvin.
Extinguished. A rent is said to be extinguished when it is destroyed andput out. Co. Litt. 1476. See EXTINGUISHMENT.Extincto subjecto, tollitur adjunc- tum. When the subject is extinguished, theIncident ceases. Thus, when
In mining law. The right of the owner of a mining claim dulylocated on the public domain to follow, and mine, any vein or lode the apex of whichlies within the boundaries
A small island arising in a river. Fleta, L 3, c. 2, | b; Bract. 1. 2, c. 2.
Cessation; termination from mere lapse of time; as the expiration of alease, or statute, and the like. Marshall v. Rugg, 6 Wyo. 270, 45 Pac. 486, 33 L. It. A.679; Rowinan v.
This word properly denotes a voluntary surrender of rights orclaims; the act of divesting oneself of that which was previously claimed as one’s own,or renouncing it. In this sense it is the
The destruction or cancellation of a right, power, contract, orestate. The annihilation of a collateral thing or subject in the subject itself out of whichIt is derived. Prest. Merg. 9. For the
In old English law. One foreign born; a foreigner. 7 Coke, 10.In Roman law. An heir not born in the family of the testator. Those of a foreignotate. The same as alicnus.
Justices in eyre were judges commissioned in Anglo-Norman times in Englandto travel systematically through thekingdom, once in seven years, holding courts in specified places for the trial of certaindescriptions of causes.
In Scotch law and practice. Expiration of the period withinwhich an adjudication may be redeemed, by paying the debt in the decree ofadjudication. Bell.
A putting or driving out. The act of depriving a member of a corporation,legislative body, assembly, society, commercial organization, etc., of his membershipin the same, by a legal vote of the body
In English law. A species of destruction or waste, analogous to estrepement See ESTREPEMENT.
Out of the ordinary ; exceeding the usual, average, or normalmeasure or degree.
L. Fr. To travel or journey ; to go about or itinerate. Britt. c. 2.
In old records. The rents and profits of an estate.
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