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In reference to rights, liabilities, or jurisdictions arising out of the common law, this phrase is equivalent to “beyond sea,” which see. In other con- nections, it means physically beyond the territorial

In English law. Bailiffs- errant employed by sheriffs or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred court Wharton. OUTROPER

What is left beyond a certain amount; the residue; the remainder of a thing. Lyon v. Tomkies, 1 Mees. & W. 003; Page v. Leapingwell, 18 Ves. 400.

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.

Lat. On account of; for. Several Latin plirases and maxims, commencing with this word, are more commonly introduced by “in” (q. v.)

Lat In the old law of descents. Oblique; cross; transverse; collateral. The opposite of rectus, right, or up- right. In the law of evidence. Indirect; circumstantial.

Obligation; bond.

1. Possession; control; tenure; use. In its usual sense “occupation” is where a person exercises physical control over land. Thus, the lessee of a house is in occupation of it so long

A term applied to any permission or license granted to a party in the course of a judicial proceeding which is not claimable as a matter of course or of right, but

A deduction; a counterclaim; a contrary claim or demand by which a given claim may be lessened or canceled. See Leonard v. Charter Oak L. Ins. Co., 65 Conn. 529, 33 Atl.

In mercantile law. A term used to express the aggregate value of the different stock in which a loan is usually funded. Tomlins. Omnium contributione sarciatur qnod pro omnibus datum est. 4

Lat. A lading; a cargo.

1. In the law of evidence, opinion is an inference or conclusion drawn by a witness from facts some of which are known to him and others assumed, or drawn from facts

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