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Lat. Withstand beginnings; resist the first approaches or encroachments. “It is the duty of courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy encroachments thereon. Their

In a general sense. One who takes possession of a thing, of which there is no owner; one who has the actual possession or control of a thing. In a special sense.

Any action or step taken in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere application, without any inquiry or contest, or which may be effectually taken

An oath whereby a person may be obliged to make any pre- sentment of any crime or offense, or to confess or accuse himself of any criminal matter or thing whereby he

He has done all. In pleading. A good plea In bar where all the covenants are in the affirmative. Bailey v. Rogers, 1 Me. 1S9. Omnia praesumuntur contra spoliato- rem. All things

A writ that lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land comes to. Reg. Orig. 182.

Lat In the civil law. A protest or warning against [of] a new work. Dig. 39, 1.

A Saxon coin, valued at sixteen pence, and sometimes at twenty pence.

The directions as to the course and purpose of a voyage given by the owner of the vessel to the captain or master. For other meanings, see ORDER.

To establish or furnish with organs; to systematize; to put into working order; to arrange in order for the normal exercise of its appropriate functions. The word “organize,” as used in railroad

Lat. In the civil law. A monstrous or prodigious birth. Dig. 50, 16, 38.

At a time when no term of the court is beiug held; in the vacation or interval which elapses between terms of the court. See McNeill v. Hodges, 99 N. C. 248,

Injurious violence, or, in general, any species of serious wrong offered to the person, feelings, or rights of another. See McKinley v. Railroad Co., 44 Iowa, 314, 24 Am. Rep. 748; Aldrich

To survive; to live longer than another. Fiuch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 58; 1 Leon. 1.

A half-French phrase applied in England to the assizes, which are so called from the commission of oyer and terminer directed to the judges, empowering them to “inquire, hear, and determine” all

OATH. An external pledge or assevera- lon, made in verification of statements made cr to be made, coupled with an appeal to a sucred or venerated object, in evidence of the serious

The person who has engaged to perform some obligation. Code La. art 3522, no. 12. One who makes a bond.

Withstanding; hindering. See NON OBSTANTE.

That which has been left by the right owner, and Is now possessed by another.

In force; extant; not obsolete; existing as a binding or obligatory power.