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The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or claim. See .

An obligation is a legal duty, by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing. Civ. Code Cal.

Becoming obsolete; going out of use; not entirely disused, but gradually becoming so.

In old English law. Assarts. Spelman. Occultatio thesanri invent! fraudu- losa. 3 Inst. 133. The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent OCCUPANCY 846 OCCUPYING CLAIMANT ACTS

A writ anciently called “breve de bono et malo,” addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion,

A writ addressed to the magistrates of a corporation, requiring them not to make such a man an officer, or to put one out of the office he has, until inquiry is

Forbearance; omission. Omne actum ab intentione agentis est judicandum. Every act is to be judged by the intention of the doer. Branch, Princ. Omne crimen ebrietas et incendit et detegit. Drunkenness both

A precautionary stipulation inserted in a deed making a good tenant to the prcccipe in a common recovery. See 1 Prest. Conv. 110.

In general, the exertion of power; the process of operating or mode of action; au effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan. See Little Rock v. Parish, 3G Ark. 100;

Lat. Work; labor; the product of work or labor.

A collection of Spanish law promulgated by the Cortes in the year 1348. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 75.

An act of congress conferring powers of government upon a ter- ritory. In re Lane, 135 U. S. 443, 10 Sup. Ct. 700, 34 L. Ed. 219.

A partner whose name is made known and appears to the world as a partner, and who is in reality such. Story, Partn.

A term used in early Mexican land laws to designate certain boundaries within which grants of a smaller tract, which designated such out- boundaries, might be located by the grantee. U. S. v.

Stealers of cattle. Cowell.

To inquire into; to review ; to disturb. “The merits of a judgment can never be overhauled by an original suit.” 2 II. Bl. 414.

In old English law. As much land as an ox could till. Co. Litt. 5a. A measure of land of uncertain quantity. In Scotland, It consisted of thirteen acres. Spel- man.