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From or in consequence of delay. Interest is allowed cx mora; that is,where there has been delay in returning a sum borrowed. A term of the civil law. Story,Bailm.

From writings formerly seen. A term used as descriptiveof that kind of proof of handwriting where the knowledge has been acquired by thewitness having seen letters or other documents professing to be

An exchanger of lands; a broker. Obsolete.

Shutting out; debarring from interference or participation; vested in oneperson alone. An exclusive right is one which only the grantee thereof can exercise, andfrom which all others are prohibited or shut out.

The completion, fulfillment, or perfecting of anything, or carrying it into operation and effect. The signing, sealing, and delivery of a deed. The signing and publication of a will. The performance of

In old English law. A gift; a new year’s gift. Cowell.

Lat Exhibition of a bill. In old English practice, actions wereinstituted by presenting or exhibiting a bill to the court, in cases where the proceedingswere by bill; hence this phrase is equivalent

In old English law. To outlaw; to deprive one of the benefit andprotection of the law, (exuere aliquem benefi- cio legis.) Spelman.

In the civil law. To spoil; to rob or plunder. Applied to inheritances. Dig.47, 19; Cod. 9, 32.

In old Saxon law. An elder or chief.

A right in the owner of one parcel of land, by reason of such ownership,to use the land of another for a special purpose not inconsistent with a general property in the

In English law. A body corporate, erected by St. 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 77. empowered to suggest measures conducive to theefficiency of the established church, to be ratified by orders

In Scotch law. A citation published at the market-cross ofEdinburgh, and pier and shore of Leith. Used against foreigners not within the kingdom,but having a landed estate there, and against natives out

One who breaks through ; one who commits a burglary.

A turning out of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 199.

The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. Slate v. Tucker, 54 Ala.210.The internal, free, and

In the civil law. Accurately ; with discrimination. Veazie v. Williams, 3 Storv. 611, 636, Fed. Cas. No. 16,907

An executive proclamation, declaring that all persons heldin slavery in certain designated states and districts were and should remain free. It wasissued January 1, 1S03, by Abraham Lincoln, as president of the

One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settleelsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him. Vat- tel, >b.1, c. 19,

In the civil law. Founded on, growing out of, or having thecharacter of, an emphyteusis; held under an emphyteusis. 3 Bl. Comm. 232.