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Lat. In Roman and old English law. A knight.

In the civil law. Undertakers of work; contractors. Cod. 4, 59.

The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfullyimprisoned, before he is entitled to his liberty by the process of law.The voluntarily or negligently allowing any person lawfully

Seniority; the

The assurance of dower made by the husband, or his friends, before or at the time of themarriage. Britt cc. 102, 103.

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, aud the commonsof Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the “three estates.”

And others on the other side. A phrase constantly used in theYear Books, in describing a joinder in Issue. P. 1 Edw. II. Prist; et alii d contra, ct sic adpatriam: ready;

An abbreviation for et uxor,

(L. Fr. Ewe, water.) In old English law. Toll paid for water passage, Thesame as aquage. Tomlins.

By color ; under color of; under pretense, show, or protection of Thus,cx colore officii, under color of office

From or in consequence of a fact or action; actually. Usually applied toan unlawful or tortious act as the foundation of a title, etc. Sometimes used as equivalentto “de facto.” Bract, fol.

From or out of loan. In the old law of England, a debt was said to ariseex mutuo when one lent another anything which consisted in number, weight, ormeasure. 1 Reeve, Eng.

In the civil law. An action of stipulation. An action given to recover marriage portions. Inst. 4, 0, 29.

In Scotch law. Exchange. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 2, p. 173.

Excommunication, (q. v.) Co. Litt. 134a.

A writ that lay for taking cattle ofone who has conveyed the cattle of another out of the county, so that the sheriffcannot replevy them. Reg. Orig. 82.

upon a transcript of a judgment from a foreign country, or fromanother part of France, and authorizes the execution of the judgment within thejurisdiction where it is so indorsed.In international law. A

In Scotch law. An action for compelling the production of writings.In ecclesiastical law. An allowance for meat and drink, usually made by religiousappropriators of churches to the vicar. Also the benefaction settled

In old English law. An outlaw; qui est extra legem, one who Is out of thelaw’s protection. Bract, fol. 125. Qui benefieio legis privatur. Spelman.

In the civil law. The offense of unlawfully appropriating goods belongingto a succession. It is not technically theft (furtum) because such property no longerbelongs to the decedent, nor to the lieir, since