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

Influential in producing it. Wise v. Fuller, 29 N. J. Eq. 262. False or fraudulent misrepresention is a representation contrary to tlie fact, made by a person with a knowledge of its

L. Fr. To put, to send, or to pass; as, mittcr I’cstatc, to pass the estate; mitter le droit, to pass a right. These words are used to distinguish different kinds of

“Modification” is not exactly synonymous with “amendment,” for the former term denotes some minor change in the substance of the tiling, without reference to its improvement or de- terioration thereby, while the

In the civil law. An instant; an indivisible portion of time. Calvin. A portion of time that might be measured; a division or subdivision of an hour; an- swering in some degree

A special treatise upon a particular subject of limited range; a treatise or commentary upon a particular branch or division of a general subject

Iu maritime law. Anchoring or making fast to the shore or dock; the securing or confining a vessel in a particular station, as by cables and anchors or by a line or

An ancient and now almost obsolete remedy in the English law. An assi/.e of mort d’anccstor was a writ which lay for a person whose ancestor died seised of lands in fee-simple,

In practice. An occasional application to a court by the parties or their counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order, which becomes necessary either in the progress of a cause,

Divided into many or several parts.

In international law and United States statutes, this term Includes not only ordnance, ammunition, and other material directly useful In the conduct of a war, but also whatever may contribute to its

As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means rendering the. document imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting,

An abbreviation for “Michaelmas Term.”

Famous; great; noted; as /El- mere, all famous. Gibs. Camd.

In nindu law. A banker or any great shop-keeper.

A small tribute, commonly of loaves of bread, which in some places the parishioners paid to the rector In lieu of small tithes. Cowell.

Lat. In Roman law. The majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the state or prince. Also a shorter form of the expression “crimcn ma- jcstatis,” or “crimcn lasw majcstatis,” an offense

A hill where the people assembled at a court, like the English assizes ; which by the Scotch and Irish were called “parley hills.” Du Cange.

Lat. Actual evil design; express malice.

A mansion-house or dwelling-place. Cowell.