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In old English law. Small money.

In old English law. Jewels. This term was formerly more properly applied to those ornaments which women, al though married, call their own. When these jocalia are not suitable to her degree,

A workman hired by tlie day, or other given time. Hart v. Ald- ridge, 1 Cowp. 5G; Butler v. Clark, 46 Ga. 408.

Lat. In the civil law. Ordinary judiccs; the common judiccs appointed to try causes, and who, according to HIackstone, determined only questions of fact. 3 Bl. Comm. 315.

In the civil law. Beasts of burden; animals used for carrying bur dens. This word did not include “oxen.” Dig. 32, 65, 5.

In Scotch law. A description of caution (security) sometimes offered in a suspension or advocation where the couiplainer is not in circumstances to offer any better. Bell.

In Spanish law. A certain perpetual pension, granted by the king ou the public reveuues, aud more especially on the salt-works, by favor, either in consideration of meritorious services, or in return

The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neutral nations. The

A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit.” 2 Bl. Comm. 199. Jus est ars boni et aequi. Law is tile science of what

In the civil law. The law of immunity or exemption from the burden of public office. Dig. 50, 6.

The civil law of Papirius. The title of the earliest collection of Roman leges euriatce, said to have been made in the time of Tarquin, the last of the kings, by a

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus prwtorium, (

In the civil law. A just cause; a lawful ground; a legal transaction of some kind. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Rightful; warranted or sanctioned by law; that which can be shown to be sustained by law; as justifiable homicide. See HOMICIDE.

A gold coin worth 24s., so called from James I., who was king when it was struck. Enc. Loud.

Yeomen retained by the sheriff to escort the judge of assize.

A little manor or farm. Cowell.

In English practice. The name of a writ (now obsolete) which might be sued out where a former writ had abated without the plaintiff’s fault. The length of time allowed for taking

Lat. Ill the civil law. The ordinary judiccs appointed by the pnetor to try causes.

To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is colloquial, and is applied only to the act of the principal.