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A Welsh term for a waster, rhymer, minstrel, or other vagabond who makes assemblies and collections. Barring. Ob. St 300.

In Swedish law. Jettison; a literal translation of the Latin “jactus.”

In English law. Idlers; vagabonds.

The supreme court of common law in England, being so called be- cause the king used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court being “coram ipso rege.” It

A rascal; a false, tricky, or deceitful person. The word originally meant a boy, attendant, or servant, but long-continued usage has given it its present signifi- cation.

Sax. Kin or kindred. I > L. 691

See INSANITY.

A wharf for the lading and unlading of merchandise from vessels. More com- monly spelled “quay.” An instrument for fastening and opening a lock. This appears as an English word as early

Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by imaginary straight lines drawn

A portion of grain given to a mill-servant from tenants who were bound to grind their grain at such mill.

A quay, or key.

A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf. Rowan v. Portland, 8 B. Mou. (Ky.) 253.KEYS 687 KING’S BENCH

An officer of the court of king’s bench, usually called “the master of the crown office,” whose duty it is to tile informations at the suit of a private subject by direction

In English law. The next personal dignity after the nobility. Of knights there are several orders and degrees. The first in rank are knights of the Garter, instituted by Itichard I. and

An abbreviation for “King’s Bench,” (g. v.)

A Mohammedan judge or magistrate in the East Indies, appointed originally by the court at Delhi, to administer justice according to their written law. Under the British authorities their judicial functions ceased,

In the Isle of Man, are the twenty- four chief commoners, who form the local legislature. X Steph. Comm. 99. In old English law. A guardian, warden, or keeper.

Barristers or ser- jeants who have been called within the bar and selected to be the king’s counsel. They answer iu some measure to the advoeati fusel, or advocates of the revenue,

In English law. An officer in the royal household who has jurisdiction and cognizance of offenses committed within the household and verge, and BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

An abbreviation for “King’s Counsel.”