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A customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage- duty. Cowell.

The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called “monarchical” is thus named if a man; if it be a woman, she

The ceremony of touching the lips to a copy of the Bible, used in administering oaths. It is the external symbol of the witness’ acknowledgment of the obligation of the oath.

In Hindu law. A mortgage-deed or deed of conditional sale, being one of the customary deeds or instruments of security in India as declared by regulation of 1800, which regulates the legal

In old records. A cart-load. Cowell; Blount

Fortified or embattled. Co. Litt. 5a.

An English advocate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent.

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