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A form of action used in Louisiana. Its object is to have a contract declared judicially a simulation and a nullity, to remove a cloud from the title, and to bring back,

In the civil law. A kind of ink or writing fluid appropriate to the use of the emperor. Cod. 1, 23, 6.

In life insurance. A policy which is payable when the insuredreadies a given age. or upon his decease, if that occurs earlier. Carr v. Hamilton, 129 U.S. 252, 9 Sun. Ct. 295.

To copy the rude draft of an Instrument in a fair, large hand. To writeout, in a large, fair hand, on parchment.In old criminal law. To buy up so much of a

In French law. Registration. A formality which consists ininscribing on a register, specially kept for the purpose by the government, a summaryanalysis of certain deeds and documents. At the same Ume that

L. Fr. A party challenging (claiming) goods; he who has placed them Inthe hands of a third person. Kel- ham.

To operate or take effect. To serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of aperson. A release to the tenant for life enures to him in reversion; that is, it has thesame

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.

Having a double or several meanings or senses. See AMBIGUITY.

In old law. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell.

In Spanish law. An officer, resembling a notary in French law, who hasauthority to set down in writing, aud verify by his attestation, transactions aud contractsbetween private persons, and also judicial acts

Woodlands turned Into tillage by uprooting the trees and removing theunderwood.

The interest of a tenant who has come rightfully intopossession of lands by permission of the owner, and continues to occupy the same afterthe period for which he is entitled to hold

Cattle whose owner is unknown. 2 Kent. Comm. 359; Spelman ; 20 Iowa,437. Any beast, not wild, found within any lordship, and not owned by any man.Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 297.Estray must

And this he is prepared to verify. The Latinform of coucludiug a plea in confession and avoidance.These words were used, when the pleadings were in Latin, at the conclusion of anypleading which

In old English law. The delivery at even or night of a certain portion ofgrass, or corn, etc.. to a customary tenant, who performs the service of cutting,mowing, or reaping for his

At, in, or upon the discretion of the judge. 4 Bl. Comm. 304. A term of the civil law. Inst. 4, 6,31.

Out of court; away from the court.

By the law; by force of law; as a matter of law

A law passed after the occurrence of a fact or commission ofan act, which retrospectively changes the legal consequences or relations of such’ factor deed. By Const. U. S. art. 1,