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In old English law. Outlawry. Spelman.

Persons examined as witnesses in a cause, who testify in regard to someprofessional or technical matter arising in the case, and who are permitted to give theiropinions as to such matter on

A distributive adjective pronoun, which denotes or refers to every one of thepersons or things mentioned; every one of two or more persons or things, composingthe whole, separately considered. The effect of

This term is used to denote a larger class of credits than would be includedin the term “wages.” Somers v. Keliher, 115 Mass. 105; Jenks v. Dyer, 102 Mass. 235.The gains of

In criminal law and medical jurisprudence. Drunkenness; alcoholic intoxication.Com. v. Whitney, 11 Cusli. (Mass.) 479.Ecce modo minim, quod fcemina fert breve regis, non nominando virum, conjunctumrobore legis. Co. Litt. 1326. Behold, indeed,

In old records. Buildings.

Forcibly; applied to military force.

To cast, or throw out; to oust, or dispossess; to put or turn out of possession.3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199, 200. See Bo- hannon v. Southern Ry. Co., 112 Ky. 106, 05

A title of earlier date, but coming simultaneously into operation with a title of younger origin, is called the “elder title,” and prevails.

Relating to the distribution of alms, bounty, or charity; charitable.

In old pleading. Spring tides. Townsh. PI. 197.

To arise; to come to light. “Unless a matter happen to emerge after issue joined.” Hale, Anal.

In the Roman and civil law. A contract by which a landed estate wasleased to a tenant, either in perpetuity or for a long term of years, upon the reservationof an annual

A species of forced assignment for the benefit of creditors; being apublic sale of an insolvent debtor’s estate whereby the purchaser succeeded to all hisproperty. rights, and claims, and became responsible for

Fr. In French law. An expression employed to denote that anindorsement made in favor of a person does not transfer to him the property in the billof exchange, but merely constitutes an

See INCUMBER.

To make free; to incorporate a man in a society or body politic.

To make larger; to increase; to extend a time limit; to grant further Ume.Also to set at liberty one who has been imprisoned or in custody.

v. To settle or limit the succession to real property; to create an estate tail.

Benefit, etc. These words in the habendum of a trust-deed for the benefit of a married woman are equivalent to the words “sole use,” or “sole and separate use,” and consequently her