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An archbishop.

The name of a royal manor in the county of Keut, England;mentioned In royal grants or patents, as descriptive of the tenure of free socage.

In New England. A church court or tribunal, having functions partly judicial andpartly advisory, appointed to determine questions relating to church discipline,orthodoxy, standing of ministers, controversies between ministers and their churches,differences and

In the Roman law. An edict; a mandate, or ordinance. An ordinance, orlaw, enacted by the emperor without the senate; belonging to the class of constitutionesprincipis. Inst. 1, 2. 6. An edict

In Saxon law. Ways, walks, or hedges. Blount

Ejection, or ejectment of farm. The name of a writ or action oftrespass, which lay at common law where lands or tenements were let for a term ofyears, and afterwards the lessor,

Dependent upon choice; bestowed or passing by election. Also pertainingor relating to elections; conferring the right or power to vote at elections.

The forces of nature. The elements are the means through which God acts, and “damages by the elements” means the same thing as “damages by the act of God.” Polack v. Pioche,

The message or commission given by a sovereign orstate to a minister, called an “ambassador,” empowered to treat or communicate withanother sovereign or state; also the establishment of an ambassador.

An honorary title given to cardinals. They were called “illiistrUsimi” and “reverendissimi” until the pontificate of Urban VIII.

A practitioner in medicine or surgery, who proceeds on experience only,without science or legal qualification; a quack. Nelson v. State Board of Health. 108 Ky.709, 57 S. W. 501, 50 L. R.

In the civil law. Purchase. This form of the word is used in the Digests andCode. Dig. 18, 1; Cod. 4, 49. See EMPTIO.

The act of 32 Henry VIII. c. 28, by which tenants In tall, husbands seised in right of their wives, andothers, were empowered to make leases for their lives or for twenty-one

To make free; to enfranchise.

This is said to be a word of very general signification; and, when used in an act, its meaning must be sought out from the act itself, and the language which surrounds

The act of one who voluntarily enters the military or naval service ofthe government contracting to serve in a subordinate capacity. Morrisscy v. Perry, 137U. S. 157, 11 Sup. Ct. 57, 34

In old English law. The plaintiff’s count or declaration.

L. Fr. An intruder or interloper. Britt. c. 114.

Expenses or gifts. Blount.

The two periods of the year (vernal equinox about March 21st, andautumnal equinox about September 22d) when the time from the rising of the sun to itssetting is equal to the time