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In ecclesiastical law. A license or authority; a privilege granted by the ordinary to a man by favor and indulgenceto do that which by law he may not do; e. g., to
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In ecclesiastical law. A license or authority; a privilege granted by the ordinary to a man by favor and indulgenceto do that which by law he may not do; e. g., to
In French law. A Juridical fact. One of the factors or elements constitutive of an obligation.
In old English law. The tackle and furniture of a cart or wain. Blount.
A forger; a counterfeiter. Hov. 424.
A voyage or passage by water; also the money paid for a passage either by laml or by water. Cowell.The price of passage, or the sum paid or to be paid for
A nautical measure of six feet iu length. Occasionally used as a superficialmeasure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty-sixsquare feet. Nahaolelua v.
Doer; maker. Feasors del estatute, makers of the statute. Dyer, 36. Alsoused in the compound term, “tort-feasor,” one who commits or is guilty of a tort.
“The dci.lcd weight of authority is to the effect that all whoserve the same master, work under the same control, derive authority and compensationfrom the same common source, and are engaged in
A champion, hero, giant. This word, in the plural, is generally used tosignify invaders or foreign spoilers. The modern meaning of “fenian” is a member of anorganization of persons of Irish birth,
In forest law. The fawning season of deer.
The toll or fare paid for the transportation of persons and property across a ferry.Literally speaking, it is the price or fare fixed by law for the transportation of thetraveling public, witli
A writer on feuds, as Cuja- cius, Spelman, etc.
In the civil law. To order a thing upon one’s faith; to pledge one’sself; to become surety for another. Fide-jubesT Fide-jubco: Do you pledge yourself? Ido pledge myself. Inst. 3, 10, 1.
Ancient Gothic courts of au inferior jurisdiction, so called. because four were instituted within every Inferior district or hundred. 3 Bl. Comm. 34.
In French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which,without entering into the merits of the action, shows that the plaintiff has no right tobring it, either because the time during
Lat. An end; a fine; a boundary or terminus; a limit Also in L. Lat, a fine (q.v.)Finis est amicabilis compositio et finalis concordia ex concensu et concor- dia dominiregis vel justiciarum.
The doe season. Also a supplying with food. Cowell.
In the civil law. A pipe for conveying water. Dig. 8, 2, 18.
A metaphorical expression, used in connection with homicide done in self-defense, signifying the exhaustion of every possible means of escape, or of averting the assault, before killing the assailant.
In old English law. High-water mark; flood-mark. 1 And. SS, 89.