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L Fr. England.

In old practice and pleading. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et aliaenormia, and other wrongs. This phrase constantly occurs in the old writs and declarationsof trespass.

The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the French,and used to denote the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence; that is, theunderstanding or construction of law.

Span. Deliverv. Las Par- tidas, pt. 0, tit. 14, 1. 1.

Expenses or gifts. Blount.

The two periods of the year (vernal equinox about March 21st, andautumnal equinox about September 22d) when the time from the rising of the sun to itssetting is equal to the time

We erect. One of the words by which a corporation may be created inEngland by the king’s charter. 1 Bl. Comm. 473.

In feudal law. Escheat Is an obstruction of the course of descent, andconsequent determination of the tenure, by some unforeseen contingency, in whichcase the land naturally results back, by a kind of

Seniority; the

The assurance of dower made by the husband, or his friends, before or at the time of themarriage. Britt cc. 102, 103.

An estate which several persons hold as one heir,whether male or female. This estate has the three unities of time, title, and iwssession;but the interests of the coparceners may be unequal. 1

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, aud the commonsof Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the “three estates.”

And others on the other side. A phrase constantly used in theYear Books, in describing a joinder in Issue. P. 1 Edw. II. Prist; et alii d contra, ct sic adpatriam: ready;

An abbreviation for et uxor,

Having the quality of evidence ; constituting evidence; evidencing. A term Introduced by Bentham, and, fromits convenience, adopted by other writers.

L. Lat. By title.

Out of purchase; founded on purchase. A term of the civil law, adoptedby Bracton. Inst. 4, 6, 28; Bract fol. 102. See ACTIO EX EMPTO.

Of his own mere motion; of his own accord; voluntarily and without prompting or request. Royal letters patent which are granted at the crown’s own instance, and without request made, are said

According to the rigor or strictness of law; in strictness of law. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10,

In English law. A person appointed by a court to take the examination ofwitnesses in an action, i. e., to take down the result of their interrogation by the partiesor their counsel,