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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.

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.

(Fr. ealc. Sax., ale, and hus, house.) An ale-house.

A coin struck by Richard II. which is supposed to have given rise to the name of “sterling,” as applied to English money.

The attorney, proctor, or advocate of a corporation. Episcoporum ecdi- ci; bishops’ proctors; church lawyers. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 65.

The perpetual edict. A compilation or system of law in fifty books,digested by Julian, a lawyer of great eminence under the reign of Adrian, from thepnetor’s edicts and other parts of the

I; myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the persou who is the object of inquiry.

One who ejects, puts out. or dispossesses another.

One which is to be tilled by popular election. Rev. Laws Mass. 1902, p. 104, c. 11,

In old English law. The act of banishing or turning out of doors; rejection.