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In the laws of Oleron. To deny a seaman his mess. Literally, to deny the table-cloth or victuals for three meals.

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term

In French law. The right of succession which arises to one upon the death, whether nat- ural or civil, of auother.

Open; manifest; public; issuing in action, as distinguished from that which rests merely intention or design.

In legal proceedings, to object (e. ff., to the admission of evidence) is to interpose a declaration to the effect that the particular matter or thing under considera- tion is not done

Lat. In the civil law. To pass a law contrary to a former law, or to some clause of it; to change a former law in some part of it Calviu.

To protest.

Statutes providing for the reimbursement of a bona fide occupant and claimant of land, on Its recovery by the true owner, to the extent to which lasting improvements made by him have

In the law relating to nuisances and similar matters, this term means noxious, causing annoyance, discomfort, or painful or disagreeable sensations. See Rowland v. Miller (Super. N. Y.) 15 N. Y. Supp.

A treatise, so called to distinguish it from Littleton’s book on the same subject, which gives an account of the various tenures by which land was holden, the nature of estates, and

In case of default; upon failure of stipulated action or performance; upon the occurrence of a failure, omission, or neglect of duty.

Dutch. Immovable and fast estate, that is, land or real estate. The phrase is used in Dutch wills, deeds, and antenuptial contracts of the early colonial period in New York. See Spraker

In bankruptcy practice. Opposition is the refusal of a creditor to assent to the debtor’s discharge under the bankrupt law. In French law. A motion to open a judgment by default aud

Deprivation of one’s parents or children, or privation in general. Little used.

In ecclesiastical law. The holy orders of priest, deacon, and subdeacon, any of which qualified for presentation and admission to an ecclesiastical dignity or cure were called “ordincs majores;” and the inferior

In the civil law. Managers of houses for orphans.

In Saxon law. Oathsworth ; oathworthy ; worthy or entitled to make oath. Bract, fols. 185, 292b

A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his

L. Fr. With. Modern French avcc.

An opening; a proposal.