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Those seas which run between two coasts not far apart The term is sometimes applied to the English channel. Wharton.

In Spanish law. The state of a natural-born subject. White, New Ifecop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 2.

To conduct vessels through navigable waters; to use the waters as a means of communication. Ryan v. Hook, 34 Hun (N. Y.) 185.

L. Fr. In pleading. The name of a plea in an action of account-render, by which the defendant denies that he ever was receiver of the plaintiff. 12 Vin. Abr. 183.

In a statute against “needless” killing or mutilation of any animal, this term denotes an act done without any useful motive, in a spirit of wanton cruelty, or for the mere pleasure

Lat. No one; no man. The iui- tial word of many Latin phrases and maxims, among which are the following: Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsuin. Jenk. Cent. 40. No mau is to

The name of a prison In London, said to have existed as early as 1207. It was three times destroyed and rebuilt For centuries the condition of the place was horrible, but

near high mountains covered with snow. Du Cange.

Lat. In the civil law. A name; the name, style, or designation of a person. Properly, the name showing to what gens or tribe he belonged, as distinguished from his own individual

A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the Greeks, and Caesar, Pompey, and Sylla among the Romans. Calvin.

Lat. He did not grant. The name of a plea denying a grant, which could be made only by a stranger.

He did not commit waste against the prohibition. A plea to an action founded on a writ of estrepement for waste. 3 Bl. Comm. 226, 227.

Lat It is not clear. In the Roman courts, when any of the judges, after the hearing of a cause, were not satisfied that the case was made clear enough for them

Lat Of unsound mind. Fleta, lib. 0, c. 40,

Payments made to the church, by those who were tenants of church-farms. The first was a rent or duty for things belonging to husbandry: the sec- ond was claimed iu right of

A special traverse used in an action of trover, alleging that de- fendant was not possessed, at the time of action brought, of the chattels alleged to have been converted by him.

In the law of evidence, matters deemed notorious do not require to be proved. There does not seem to be any recognized rule as to what matters are deemed notorious. Cases have

An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animals. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 457.

Lat. The sou of nobody ; a bastard. Nullius bominis anctoritas apud nos valere debet, ut meliora non sequere- mur si qnis attulerit. The authority of no man ought to prevail with

In old English practice. A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned, or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party’s absence.