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To cite any person to appear in court and stand in judgment there. It is different from bannire; for, though both of them are citations, this is by tbe adverse party, and

Lat. With strong hand: A term used in old writs of trespass. Munu forti el cum multitudine gentium, with strong hand and multitude of people. Reg. Orig. 1S3.

A writing; a paper written with the hand; a writing that has not been printed. Parton v. Prang, 18 Fed. Cas. 1275; Leon Loan & Abstract Co. v. Equalization Board, 80 Iowa,

L. Fr. Marshal; a high officer of the royal household. Britt. fol. 16.

These words, “marque” and “reprisal,” are frequently used as synonymous, but, taken In their strict etymological sense, the latter signifies a “taking in return ;” the former, the passing the frontiers (marches)

court of chancery, who holds a separate court ranking next to that of the lord chancellor, and lias the keeping of the rolls and grants which pass the great seal, and the

Of or pertaining to matrimony or the estate of marriage.

The executive head of a municipal corporation; the governor or chief magistrate of a city. Waldo v. Wallace, 12 Ind. 577; People v. New York, 25 Wend. (N. Y.) 36; Crovatt v.

A man of middle fortune.

tual F. Ins. Co. y. Farquhar, 86 Md. 668, 39 AU. 527; Warren y. Mower, 11 Vt. 385.

A document presented to a legislative body, or to the executive, by one or more individuals, containing a petition or a representation of facts. In English law. That which contains the particulars

A fenny place. Cowell.

In feudal law. A fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. Cowell. The same as mar- chcta (q. v.)

A church calendar or rubric. Cowell.

An error In computation of time.

In old records. An acknowledgment paid in a certain measure of corn ; or a fine or penalty imposed on tenants for default in not doing their customary service in cutting the

Lat. In the civil law. A soldier. In old English law. A knight, because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight. 1

In public law. One of the highest functionaries in the organization of civil government, standing next to the sovereign or executive head, acting as his immediate auxiliary, and being generally charged with

To cite falsely as a proof or argument

In practice. An error made by a judge in instructing the Jury upon the trial of a cause.