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In life insurance. A policy which is payable when the insuredreadies a given age. or upon his decease, if that occurs earlier. Carr v. Hamilton, 129 U.S. 252, 9 Sun. Ct. 295.

To copy the rude draft of an Instrument in a fair, large hand. To writeout, in a large, fair hand, on parchment.In old criminal law. To buy up so much of a

In French law. Registration. A formality which consists ininscribing on a register, specially kept for the purpose by the government, a summaryanalysis of certain deeds and documents. At the same Ume that

L. Fr. A party challenging (claiming) goods; he who has placed them Inthe hands of a third person. Kel- ham.

To operate or take effect. To serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of aperson. A release to the tenant for life enures to him in reversion; that is, it has thesame

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.

Having a double or several meanings or senses. See AMBIGUITY.

In old law. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell.

In Spanish law. An officer, resembling a notary in French law, who hasauthority to set down in writing, aud verify by his attestation, transactions aud contractsbetween private persons, and also judicial acts

In English law. A title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight.Also a title of oflice given to sheriffs, serjeants, and barristers at law, justices of thepeace, and others. 1 Bl.

An estate in fee-simple. Glan. 1. 7, c. 1.

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his orher support, as for food and raiment.An allowance (more commonly called “alimony”) granted to a woman divorced

And he had it. A common phrase iu the Year Books, expressive of theallowance of an application or demand by a party. Parn. demanda la view. Et habuit,etc. M. 6 Edw. III.

Tending or seeking to evade; elusive; shifting ; as an evasive argument or plea.

Of the other part Ex antecedentibns et conseqnentibua fit optima interpretatio. The best interpretation[of a part of an instrument] is made from the antecedents and the consequents, [fromthe preceding, and following parts.]

From or out of a contract. In both the civil and the common law, rights and causes of action are dividedinto two classes,

From a just or lawful cause; by a just or legal title.

After the fact; by an act or fact occurring after some previous actor fact, and relating thereto; by subsequent matter; the opposite of ab initio. Thus, adeed may be good ab initio,

From sight of the writing; from having seen a person write.A term employed to describe one of the modes of proof of handwriting. Best, Pres. 218.

In old English law. A party who entered an exception or plea.