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In medical jurisprudence. The ejection or throwing out of any secretionor other matter from the body; the expulsion of urine, semen, etc.

In French law. Equitable conversion. When property covered by the rigimcdotal is sold, the proceeds of the sale must be reinvested for the benefit of the wife. Itis the duty of the

L Fr. Iu time past 2 Inst. 500.

That part of a statute which declares its enactment and serves toidentify it as an act of legislation proceeding from the proper legislative authority.Various formulas are used for this clause, such as

In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctivelyknown as “endowed schools;” and a series of acts of parliament regulatingthem are known as the “endowed schools acts.” Mozley & Whitley.

This phrase may refer to the place where the marriage issolemnized, or it may refer to the nationality and domicile of the parties between whomit is solemnized, the place where the union

In canon law. An examination of witnesses, taken down inwriting, by or before au authorized judge, for the purpose of gathering testimony to beused on a trial.

When bills not due are paid into a bank by a customer, it is the custom of some bankers not to carry theamount of the bills directly to his credit, but to

This term Is often used in law as equivalent to “mentionedspecifically,” “designated,” or “expressly named or granted;” as in speaking of “enumerated”governmental powers, items of property, or articles in a tariff schedule.

Of or pertaining to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church.

In patent law. Any act or substance which is known in the arts as aproper substitute for some other act or substance employed as an element in the invention,whose substitution for that

Wandering; Itinerant; applied to justices on circuit, and bailiffs at large, etc.

A tax formerly paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of thecommunity, which is called “scot and lot.”

Span. In Spanish law. A spurious child; one begotten on a womanwho has promiscuous intercourse with many men. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, c. 2,

1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject ofproperty. 1 Brest. Est. 20. And see Van Itensselaer v. Boucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; Beallv. Holmes,

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimonyor estovers. Obsolete.

And have you then there this writ. The formal words directing the return of a writ. Theliteral translation is retained in the modern form of a considerable number of writs.

A subtle endeavoring to set aside truth or to escape the punishment ofthe law. This will not be allowed. If one person says to another that he will not strikehim, but will

A phrase derived from the civil law, meaning, in justice andfairness; according to what is just and good; according to equity and conscience. 3 Bl.Comm. 163.

Immediately; without any interval or delay ; incontinently. A term of the civil law. Calvin.