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Uttered by the mouth or In words; spoken, not written.

A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a ORDINANCE 859 ORDINES law or statute. In a more limited sense, the term Is used to designate the enactments of the

In Saxon law. Without recompense; as where no satisfaction was to be made for the death of a man killed, so that he was judged lawfully slain. Spelman.

Eat Gates of the kingdom. The ports of the kingdom of England are so called by Sir Matthew Hale. De Jure Mar. pt 2, c. 3. OSTIUM ECCLESI^ 862 OUT OF TIME

A mercantile phrase applied to a ship or vessel that has been so long at sea as to justify the belief of her total loss. In another sense, a vessel is said

A person to whom the business of selling by auction was confined by statute. 2 H. Bl. 557.

To supersede; annul; reject by subsequent action or decision. A judicial decision is said to be overruled when a later decision, rendered by the same court or by a superior court in

Hear ye. A word used in courts by the public crier to command attention when a proclamation is about to be made. Commonly corrupted into “O yes.” p. 807 PACTA CONVENTA P.

For an immoral consideration. Dig. 12, 5.

Erasure or blotting out of written words. Obliteration is not limited to effacing the letters of a will or scratching thein out or blotting them so completely that they cannot be read.

1. To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 033; Chase

Possessed; used; employed.

A Scotch expression, closely translated from the Latin “de novo,” (q. v.)

This term is synonymous with “issue.” See Barber v. Railroad Co., 166 U. S. 83, 17 Sup. Ct 488, 41 L. Ed. 925; Allen v. Markle, 36 Pa. 117; Powell v. Brandon,

In part payment; in partial satisfaction of an account. The phrase is usually contrasted with “in full.”

See O. Nl.

Oportet quod certa res deducatur in donationem. It is necessary that a certain tiling he brought into the gift, or made the subject of the conveyance. Bract, fol. 156. Oportet quod certa

An ancient writ which issued, while there was no standing collect for a sitting parlia- ment. to pray for the peace and good government of the realm.

In English law. A statute made touching matters and causes of the forest. 33 & 34 Edw. I.

Primitive; first in order; bearing its own authority, and not deriving authority from an outside source; as original jurisdiction, original writ, etc. As applied to documents, the original is the first copy