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A turning out of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 199.

The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. Slate v. Tucker, 54 Ala.210.The internal, free, and

In the civil law. Accurately ; with discrimination. Veazie v. Williams, 3 Storv. 611, 636, Fed. Cas. No. 16,907

An executive proclamation, declaring that all persons heldin slavery in certain designated states and districts were and should remain free. It wasissued January 1, 1S03, by Abraham Lincoln, as president of the

One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settleelsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him. Vat- tel, >b.1, c. 19,

In the civil law. Founded on, growing out of, or having thecharacter of, an emphyteusis; held under an emphyteusis. 3 Bl. Comm. 232.

A purchase in the hope of an uncertain future profit; the purchase of a thing not yet inexistence or not yet in the possession of the seller, as, the cast of a

L. Fr. In its mother’s womb. A term descriptive of an unborn child. For some purposes the lawregards an infant en ventre as in being. It may take a legacy; have a

Object; intent. Things are construed according to the end. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 10.

In English law. The conversion of copyhold intofreehold tenure, by a conveyance of the fee- simple of the property from the lord of themanor to the copyholder, or by a release from

A species of release which inures by way of enlarging anestate, and consists of a conveyance of the ulterior interest to the particular tenant; asif there be tenant for life or years,

Settled or limited to specified heirs, or in tail.

The whole, in contradistinction to, a moiety or part only. When land isconveyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of theentirety. 2 Kent, Comm.

This term, in its ordinary and popular meaning, applies to any diseasewhich is widely spread or generally prevailing at a given place and time. Pohalski v.Mutual L. Ins. Co., 36 N. Y.

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.”