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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

The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; analogous to carl among the Danes, and senatoramong the Romans. See ALDERMAN.

In the customs laws of the United States, the term “countries east of theCape of Good Hope” means countries with which, formerly, the United States ordinarilycarried on commercial intercourse by passing around

See CORPORATION

Thirteen constitutions or laws of this prince, found in mosteditions of the Corpus Juris Civilis, after the Novels. Being confined to matters of policeIn the provinces of the empire, they are of

In old English law. The shedding of blood; the mulct, fine,wite. or penalty imposed for tlie shedding of blood, which the king granted to manylords of manors. Cowell; Tomlins. See BLOODWIT.