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In old English law. Default in not replevying land in due time, when the same was taken by the king upon a default. The consequence thereof (loss of seisin) was abrogated by

The vacation between two terms of a court.

In English law. The title of the third of the three kings-at-arms, or pro- vincial heralds.

In practice. Memoranda made by a judge on a trial, as to the evidence ad- duced, and the points reserved, etc. A copy of the judge’s notes may be obtained from his

See ASSISE OF NOVEL DISSEISIN.

Lat In the civil law. Marriageable; one who Is of a proper age to be married.

L. Lat In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to

Lat. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first.

As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to bare, wanting in nec- essary conditions, incomplete, as a naked con- trad. (mulum pactum,) i. e., a contract devoid of consideration, and

In old records. A native place. Cowell.

amages which “naturally” arise from a breach of contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have

Lat. A ship; a vessel.

does not affect its negotiability. Fleckner v. Bank of United States, 8 Wheat. 338, 5 L. Ed. 031.

An autopsy, or post-mortem examination of a human body.

All abbreviated form of docket entry, meaning that, by agreement, neither of the parties will further appear iu court iu that suit. Gendron v. Hovey, 9S Me. 139, 56 Atl. 583.

The state of a nation which takes no part between two or more other nations at war. U. S. v. The Three Friends, 160 U. S. 1, 17 Sup. Ct 495, 41

A member of a secret association, (especially in Russia,) which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions. Webster.

Fr. In French law. Freight. The same with “fret.” Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 3.

In the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine poena where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do

Not admitting of bail; not requiring bail.