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From the premises granted. According to what has been alreadyallowed.
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From the premises granted. According to what has been alreadyallowed.
By the hypothesis; upon the supposition; upon the theory or factsassumed.
On the mother’s side; of the maternal line.
Related on the side of both parents ; of the whole blood. Hale, Coin. Law, c. 11.
In Roman law. An exception. In a general sense, a judicial allegationopposed by a defendant to the plaintiff’s action. Calvin.A stop or stay to an action opposed by the defendant. Cowell.Answering to
In Scotch law. A warrant granted at the suit of a prisoner for citing witnesses in his own defense.
A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. Scott v.
In the civil law. An action which lay against the employer of avessel (exercitor navis) for the contracts made by the master. Inst. 4, 7, 2; 3 KentComm. 161. Mackeld. Rom. Law,
L. Lat. In English practice. A judicial writ made use of inthe process of outlawry, commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant, (or causehim to be demanded, cxigi fa- ciat,) from county
The beginning or introductory part of a speech.
In English practice, a defense to an action on grounds which, priorto tlie passage of the common-law procedure act. (17 & 18 Vict c. 125,) would havebeen cognizable only in a court
Sax. The privilege of assisiug and selling beer. Obsolete.
An easterly coast or country.
In French law. One of the two parts or pieces of a wooden tally.That in possession of the debtor is properly called the “tally,” the other “echantillon.”Poth. Obi. pt 4, c. 1,
An edict or system of rules for the administration of justice, similar to theedict of the pnetor, put forth by the proconsuls and propraetors in the provinces of theRoman Empire. Mackeld. Rom.
I, such a one. Words used in describing the forms of old deeds. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14,
That which is thrown up by the sea. Also jetsam, wreck, etc.
A duly qualified voter; one who has a vote in the choice of any officer; aconstituent. Appeal of Cusick, 130 Pa. 459. 20 Atl. 574, 10 L. R. A. 228; Bergevin v.Curtz,
The punishment of cutting out the tongue.
The vegetable chattels called “emblements” are the corn and othergrowth of the earth which are produced annually, not spontaneously, but by labor andindustry, and thence are called “fructus in- dustriales.” Reiff v.