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The share of the oldest son. The portion acquired by primogeniture. Termes de la Ley; Co. Litt. 1066; Cowell.

Property which is the acquisition of labor. Spelman.

The place In a religious house where the common alms weredeposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the poor.In old English law. The aumeric, aumbry, or ambry; words still used in

The act of a wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit withanother man. 2 Bl. Comm. 130. To constitute an elopement, the wife must not onlyleave the husband, but go beyond

In old English law. Amendment, or correction. The power of amending and correcting abuses, according tocertain rules and measures. Cowell.In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an injury; the same as emenda,

L. Fr. Undertakers of suits. Kelham.

Iu Spanish law. A loan. Something lent to the borrower at his request. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 18, 1. 70.

L. Fr. In a dead hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43.

In criminal law. To instigate ; to incite to action; to give courage to; toInspirit; to embolden; to raise confidence; to make confident. Comitez v. Parkerson (C.C.) 50 Fed. 170; True v.

In Spanish law. Emphyteusis. (

The share of the eldest A term of the English law descriptive of the lotor share chosen by the eldest of coparceners when they make a voluntary partition.The first choice (primer election)

L Lat. A creature of the law; an artificial being, as contrasted with anatural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entirely from the law.

This phrase signifies an undivided day.not parts of two days. An entire day must have a legal, fixed, precise time to begin, anda fixed, precise time to end. A day, in contemplation

Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition: in that place, (co loco.)Calvin.

Alike: uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency,worth, value, amount, or rights. People v. Hoffman, 116 111. 587, 5 N. E. 600, 56 Am.Rep. 793.

In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium familial crciscundw, a suitfor the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 17, 4. An ancient phrase derived from theTwelve Tables. Calvin.

In old law. A cutting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman.

To ship.

A person who made an essoin.Est aliqnid qnod non oportet etiam si licet; qnicquid vero non licet certe non oportet.Hob. 159. There is that which is not proper, even though permitted; but

An estate in lands or tenements granted to two ormore persons, to hold in fee-simple, fee- tail, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm.180; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 937.