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In English law. An excuser.In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff’s claim. Du Cauge.Excnsatur quis quod clameum non op- posuerit, ut si toto tempore litigii fuit ultramare

A woman who has been appointed by will to execute such will or testament.

In old European law. An army; an armed force. The term was absolutelyindefinite as to number. It was applied, on various occasions, to a gathering offorty-two armed men, of thirty-five, or even

Banishment; the person banished.

In Mexican law, a term including all the papers or documents constitutinga grant or title to laud from government Vanderslice v. Hanks, 3 Cal. 27, 38.

From the opposite; on the contrary.

In the law of evidence. One who attests or can attest anything asheard ‘by himself.

The drip or dropping of water from the eaves of a house on the land of anadjacent owner; the easement of having the water so drip, or the servitude ofsubmitting to such

In French marine law. Stranding. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12, s. 13, no. 1.

Within the meaning of a statute relative to the powers and duties ofguardians, this term comprehends not merely the instruction received at school or college,but the whole course of training, moral, intellectual,

In English law. The oldest; the first-born. Spelman.

In Spanish law. Commons; lands used In common by the inhabitants of acity, pueblo, or town, for pasture, wood, threshing-ground, etc. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 554.

The body of princes formerly entitled to elect the emperor of Germany.Also a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electorschosen by the people to elect the president

In practice. (Fr. Eloigner, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.) Areturn to a writ of replevin, when the chattels have been removed out of the way of thesheriff.

In criminal law. This offense consists in the attempt to influence a jurycorruptly to one side or the other, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, entertainments,douceurs, and the like. The person guilty of it

The profit arising from office or employment; that which is receivedas a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office assalary, fees, and perquisites; advantage; gain, public or

This word “is from the French, but has become somewhat naturalized in our language. Strictly and etymologically, it means ‘a person employed,’ but, in practice in the French language, it ordinarily is

In default. Used in Louisiana of a debtor who fails to pay on demandaccording to the terms of his obligation. See Bryan v. Cox, 3 Mart. (La. N. S.) 574.En eschange il

Pregnant. See PREGNANCY.

in public law, signifies either the nation which is at war with another, or acitizen or subject of such nation.