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A person sent upon a mission as the agent of another; also a secretagent sent to ascertain the sentiments and designs of others, and to propagateopinions favorable to his employer.
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A person sent upon a mission as the agent of another; also a secretagent sent to ascertain the sentiments and designs of others, and to propagateopinions favorable to his employer.
To indict; to prefer a charge against; to accuse.
In the civil law. A female purchaser; the. purchaser. Cod. 4, 54. 1.
To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual introductoryformula in making laws is, “Be it enacted.” In re Senate File, 25 Neb. 8G4. 41 N. W. 981.
See INDORSE.
In English law. A proceeding in the court of exchequer in matters of revenue.
Aggravated. “So enormous a trespass.” Yaughan, 115. Written”enormious,” in some of the old books. Enor- mious is where a thing is made without arule or against law. Brownl. pt. 2, p. 19.
In the law of real property. To go upon land for the purpose of taking possession of it In strict usage, the enteringis preliminary to the taking possession but In common parlance
A warehouse or magazine for the deposit of goods. In France, a buildingor place where goods from abroad may be deposited, and from whence they may bewithdrawn for exportation to another country.
The office of overlooking or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who isto overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government bydiocesan bishops. Trustees of Diocese of
In old English law. Traveling furniture, or riding equipments, includinghorses, horse harness, etc. Reg. Orig. 100&; St. Westm. 2, c. 39.
In old English law. The loose scattered ears of corn that are left on theground after the binding.
In old English law. A jury or inquisition.
An old term for the products which the ground or land yields; as the hayof the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services,etc. The word has
L. Fr. A standard, (of weights and measures.) So called because itstands constant and immovable, and hath all other measures coming towards it fortheir conformity. Termes de la Ley.
To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent ; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL.
L. Fr. And of this they put themselves upon the country.
Equal laws and a well-ad- justed constitution of government.
On the other side. 2 Show. 461. Applied to counsel.
From the premises granted. According to what has been alreadyallowed.