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Owelty, (q. v.) Co. Litt. 169a.

At common law, this was the name of a mixed action (springing from’he earlier personal action of ejectione firmce) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages

The right of voting at public elections; the privilege of qualified voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they favor at elections authorized by law.Parks v. State, 100 Ala. 031. 13

As applied to a candidate for an elective office, this term means capableof being chosen ; the subject of selection or choice; and also implies competency tohold the office if chosen. Demaree

The fraudulent appropriation to his own use or benefit of property or money in trusted to him by another, by a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer, or other person acting in a

Eminent domain is the right of the people or government to take private property for public use. Code Civ. rroc. Cal.

In Spanish law. A summons or citation, issued by authority of ajudge, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to appear before the tribunal at adesignated day and hour.

In the civil law. A buyer or purchaser; the buyer. Dig. 18, 1; Cod. 4, 49.

In Saxon law. The satisfaction for a crime; the recompense for a fault. Skene.

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the muscular tissue of the heart.

L Fr. England.

In old practice and pleading. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et aliaenormia, and other wrongs. This phrase constantly occurs in the old writs and declarationsof trespass.

The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the French,and used to denote the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence; that is, theunderstanding or construction of law.

Span. Deliverv. Las Par- tidas, pt. 0, tit. 14, 1. 1.

In Spanish law. A term synonymous with “equity” in one of its senses,and defined as “the benignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to thecircumstances of the time, place, and person.”

Just; conformable to the principles of natural justice and right.Just, fair, and right, in consideration of the facts and circumstances of the individualcase.Existing in equity; available or sustainable only in equity, or

By metonymy, this term is used to describe the office or functions of ajudge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor withoutstain. Webster.

In English law. The name of an officer who was appointed in everycounty to look after the escheats which fell due to the king in that particular county,and to certify the same

In Spanish law. A junction of all the separate papers made in thecourse of any one proceeding and which remains In the office at the close of it. Castillerov. U. S., 2

In Spanish law. Delay in a voyage, or in the delivery of cargo, caused bythe charterer or consignee, for which demurrage is payable.