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In old practice. The formality of denying a plaintiff’s charge under oath, in open court, with compurgators. One of the ancient methods of trial, frequently, though inaccurately, termed “waging law,” or “wager

The wrongful or unjust doing of some act which the doer has no right to perform, or which he has stipulated by contract not to do. It differs from “mis- feasance” and

In old English law. Ill will; crimes and misdemeanors; malicious practices. Cowell.

A clerk of the kitchen, or caterer, especially in colleges. Cowell.

In maritime law. A sea- letter ; a written document required to he carried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of tbe customs

A word sometimes used synonymously with “kidnapping,” (

In old English law. The district within the jurisdiction of a reeve, apparently so called from his power to exercise therein one of his chief functions, viz., to exact (amanian) all fines.

In old English law. Noblemen who lived on the marshes of Wales or Scotland, and who, according to Cauiden, had their private laws, as if they had been petty kings; which were

In old English law. Marine increases. Lands gained from the sea. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt 1, c. 4.

A system of law, obtaining only in time of actual war and grow MARTIAL LAW 7G4

That which belongs to. or comes from, the mother; as maternal au- thority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.

An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being a correct statement of the law, or as agreeable to natural reason. Coke defines a maxim to be “conclusion

A species of lien created by statute in most of the states, which exists in favor of persons who have performed work or furnished material in and for the erection of a

In old English law. A mixing together; a medley or m6l6e; an affray or sudden encounter. An offense suddenly committed in an affray. The English word “medley” is preserved in the term

ne of the persons constituting a partnership, association, corporation, guild, etc. One of the persons constituting a court a legislative assembly, etc. One of the limbs or portions of the body capable

In the civil law. A money-changer or dealer in money. Dig. 2, 14, 47, 1.

A hireling or servant. Jacob.

Of the nature of unlawful sexual connection. The term Is de- scriptive of the relation sustained by persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal Incapacity. 1 Bl.

One who said mass; a priest. Cowell.

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