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An officer of the court of wards, appointed by the master of that court,under 32 Hen. VIII. c. 26, whose business if was to be present with the escheator inevery county at
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An officer of the court of wards, appointed by the master of that court,under 32 Hen. VIII. c. 26, whose business if was to be present with the escheator inevery county at
A term denoting, apparently, a freeman of the lowest class, being named after the cotscti.
A feast or festival. Festum stultorum, the feast of fools.
L. Fr. To pledge one’s faith. Kelham.
In Boman law. An early form of mortgage or pledge, in which both thetitle and possession of the property were passed to the creditor by a formal act of sale,(properly with the
An officer of the superior courts at Westminster, whose duty it was to filethe writs on which he made process. There were fourteen filacers, and it was their dutyto make out all
To discover; to determine; to ascertain and declare. To announce a conclusion,as the result of judicial investigation, ui>on a disputed fact or state of facts; as ajury are said to “find a
Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. lien. I.
Initial; leading; chief; preceding all others of the same kind or class insequence, (numerical or chronological;) entitled to priority or preference above others.Redman v. Railroad Co., 33 N. J. Eq. 105; Thompson
1. A fixture is a personal chattel substantially affixed to the land, but which may afterwards be lawfully removed therefrom by the party affixing it, or his representative, without the consent of
The name given to an ancient treatise on the laws of England, foundedmainly upon the writings of Bracton and Glanville, and supposed to have been writtenin the time of Edw. I. The
In old English law. IIow. 1’er fluxum ct reftii.ruin maris, by the llow andrellow of the sea. Dal. pi. 10.
In medical jurisprudence. An unborn child. An infant in ventre sa mdre.
In French law. A capital is said to be invested d fonds perduswhen it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest,higher than the normal rate, the
Fr. In the law of insurance. Superior or irresistible force. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12.
In old English law, this term, when used with reference to a particularcity, designated any person who was not an inhabitant of that city. According to laterusage, it denotes a person who
In old English law. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs ormarkets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign.Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen
In old English and Scotch law. Literally, to put out of a family,(Joris familiam ponere.) To portion off a son, so that he could have no further claimupon his father. Glanv. lib.
An adjudication or recovery in a former action. See RES JUDICATA.
This term means “something more than a mere military camp, post, orstation. The term implies a fortification, or a place protected from attack by some suchmeans as a moat, wall, or parapet”