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Lat. An expression applied to a court when it suggested to an advocate something which he had omitted through mistake or ignorance. Spelman.

In practice. An accusation exhibited against a person for some criminal offense, without an indictment. 4 Bl. Comm. 308. An accusation in the nature of an indictment, from which it differs only

Within the bounds or limits. Infra metas forcstai, within the bounds of the forest. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 41,

These words express the right of a lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question.

In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a witness, before examining him in chief, answering to the voir dire of the English law, though taking a somewhat wider range.

In old European law. To confederate; to join in a league, (in ligam coirc.) Spelman.

These are certain private unincorporated associations, in the na- ture of collegiate bouses, located in London, and invested with the exclusive privilege of calling men to the bar; that is, conferring the

Lat. In the civil law. A written accusation in which the accuser un- dertakes to suffer the punishment appropriate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear himself of

A name sometimes given to text-books containing the elementary principles of jurisprudence, arranged in an orderly and systematic manner. For example, the Institutes of Justinian, of Gaius, of Lord Coke.

The underwriter or insurance company with whom a contract of insurance is made. The person who undertakes to indemnify another by a contract of insurance is called the “insurer,” and the person

Meaning; will; purpose; design. “The intention of the testator, to be collected from the whole will, is to govern, provided it be not unlawful or inconsistent with the rules of law.” 4

Between husband and wife.

The act of writing between the lines of au instrument; also what is written between lines. Morris v. Vanderen, 1 Dall. 07, 1 L. Ed. 38; Russell v. Eubanks, 84 Mo. SS.

To insert words in a complete document.

In the civil law. A notification to a party that some step in a legal proceeding is asked or will be taken. Particularly, a notice given by the party taking an appeal,

Lat. Common and ordinary duties with the lord’s court.

Lat. In the civil law. Things carried in and brought in. Articles brought into a hired tenement by the hirer or tenant, and which became or were pledged to the lessor as

The minutest quantity possible. Iota is the smallest Greek letter. The word “jot” is derived therefrom.Ipsse leges cupiunt nt jure regantnr. Co. Litt. 174. The laws themselves require that they should be

Which cannot be revoked or recalled