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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.”

The right to demand money for the privilege of anchoring a vessel in a harbor; also the money so paid.

A guardian, warden, or keeper. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 71

When several persons are charged with a crime, and one of them gives evidence against liis accomplices, on the promise of being granted a pardon, he is said to be admitted kiug’s

A species of feudal tenure, which differed very slightly from a pure and perfect feud, being entirely of a military nature; and it was the first, most universal, and most honorable of

A person who, in oriental states, supplies the place of our notary public. All obligations, to be valid, are drawn by him; and he is also the public weigh-master, and everything of

To drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Enc. Lond.

In Hindu law. An office of government in which the business of the revenue department was transacted uuder the Mohammedan government, and during the early period of British rule. Khalsa lauds are

A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution of marriage, or for declarations of nullity of marriage, the

A court which used to be held twice a year by the bishop of Hereford, in England.

In Hindu law. A written agreement, especially one signifying assent, as the counterpart of a revenue lease, or the document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government, the zamindar,

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob KEEP, n. A strong tower or hold in the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the

In English law. An engrosser of corn to enhance its price. Also a huckster.

An officer of the central ofiice of the English supreme court. Formerly he was an officer of the exchequer, and had important duties to perform In protecting the rights of the crown;

An ancient guild or society formed by King Edgar.

A key, kay, or quay. Spelman.