IN FACIE CURL
In the face of the court. Dyer, 28.
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In the face of the court. Dyer, 28.
In the general passage; that is, on the journey to Palestinewith the general company or body of Crusaders. This term was of frequent occurrencein the old law of essoins, as a meaus
In eyre; on a journey or circuit. In old English law, the justices initinere (or in eyre) were those who made a circuit through the kingdom once in sevenyears for the purposes
Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction.
In the peace of God and the king. Fleta. lib. 1. c. 31.
In confirmation or attestation of the premises. A notarial phrase.In proeparatoriis ad judicium favetur actori. 2 Inst. 57. In things precedingjudgment the plaintiff is favored.
For the whole. Si plures sint fidejussores, quotquot erunt nu- mero,singuli in solidum tenentur, if there be several sureties, however numerous they may be, they are individually bound for thewhole debt. Inst.
In chains; in actual custody. Gilb. Forum Rom. 97.Applied also, figuratively, to the condition of a person who is compelled to submit toterms which oppression and his necessities impose on him. 1
A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally supposed equal to three barleycorns.
Embraced; comprehended; comprehending the stated limits or extremes. Opposed to “exclusive.”
The produce of laud; (>>) the offspring of animals.
Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied in the spelling, as”Lawrence” and “Lawronce,” and the like. 1
Public disgrace; Infamy; reprttidi; dishonor. Ignominy is the opposite ofesteem. Wolff,
Incapable of being placed out or hired.
The coming Into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanentresidence. The correlative term “emigration” denotes the act of such persons in leavingtheir former country.
A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasipolitical court, instituted by a written accusation called “articles of impeachment;” forexample, a written accusation by the house of representatives of the United
In old English practice. To obtain by request, as a writ or privilege.Bract, fols. 57, 1726. This application of the word seems to be derived from the civillaw. Calvin.
Taxes, duties, or impositions. A duty on imported goods or merchandise.Story, Const.
In ecclesiastical law. Commonly signifies a lay rector asopposed to a spiritual rector; just as impropriate tithes are tithes in the hands of a layowner, as opposed to appropriate tithes, which are
In equal right; on an equality in point of right.In sequali jure melior est conditio possidentis. In Ta case of] equal right thecondition of the party in i>ossession is the better. Plowd.
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