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In Saxon law. The offense of hedge-breaking. Obsolete.

When this phrase is used in leases, conveyances, and other like deeds, or in agreementsexpressed in simple writing, it indicates the conclusion or expiration of an agreed termof years specified in the

May be used in the sense of “each.” Chidester v. Railway Co., 59 111. 87.This word does not mean “all;” but does mean one or the other of two or morespecified things.

A distinguished body of men, elected as masters of TrinityHouse, an institution incorporated in the reign of Henry VIII., charged with numerousimportant duties relating to the marine, such as the superintendence of

In old English law. An almoner, or chief ollicer, who received theeleemosynary rents aul gifts, and In due method distributed them to pious andcharitable uses. Cowell; Wharton.The name of an officer (lord

In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vern. 4, and note.In shipping articles, this term, following the designation of the port of destination,must be construed either as void for uncertainty

In old English law. The power of supervising and correcting the weights and measures ofbread and ale, (assising bread and beer.) Cowell.

The title of the sovereign ruler of au empire. This designation wasadopted by the rulers of the Roman world after the decay of the republic, and was assumedby those who claimed to

In the Roman and civil law. The act of buying; a purchase.

L. Fr. In equal hand. The word “owel” occurs also in the phrase “owelty of partition.”

An encroachment upon a street or highway is a fixture, such as awall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the highway or incloses a portion of it,diminishing its width or area,

To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, toenforce a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v. Bush, 44Pa. 320, 84

To require; command; positively direct To require a person, by writ ofinjunction from a court of equity, to perform, or to abstain or desist from, some actClifford v. Stewart, 95 Me. 38,

To Insert In a list, account, or writing.

The whole interest or right, without diminution. Where a person in selling his tract of landsells also his entire interest in all improvements upon public land adjacent thereto, thisvests in the purchaser

Lat. Under that name; by that appellation. I’cr in tic ac si en nomineiihi tradita fuissct. just as if it had been delivered to you by that name. Inst. 2, 1, 43.

The condition of possessing the same rights, privileges, and immunities,and being liable to the same duties. Equality is equity. Fran. Max. 9, max. 3. Thus, where an heir buys In an incumbrance

One of the formal words of incorporation in royal charters. “We do, incorporate,erect, ordain, name, constitute, and establish.”

To scald. It Is said that to scald hogs was one of the ancient tenures In serjeanty. Wharton.

Shippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, “skippcson.” Cowell.