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The workshop or office of justice. The chancery was formerly so called. See 3 Bl. Comm. 273; Yates v. People, 0 Johns. (N. Y.) 3G3.

4 Inst. 262. Above all exception. Omnia delicta in apcrto leviora sunt. All crimes that are committed openly are lighter, [or have a less odious appearance than those committed secretly.] 8 Coke,

L. Fr. Accused. Du Cange.

A composition of a dramatic kind, set to music and sung, accompanied with musical instruments, and enriched with appropriate costumes, scenery, etc. The house in which operas are represented is termed an

A public officer who unlawfully uses his authority by way of oppres- sion, (q. v.)

To institute or establish; to make an ordinance; to enact a constitution or law. Kepuer v. Comm., 40 Pa. 124; U. S. v. Smith, 4 N. J. Law, 38.

In old English law. Those of the religious who deserted their houses, and, throwing off the habits, renounced their particular order in eon- tempt of their oath and other obligations. 1’aroeli. Antiq.

The claws of a dog’s foot. Kitch.

The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois.

1. An allowance made by the United States government to one of its dip- lomatic representatives going abroad, for the expense of his equipment 2. This term, in its original use, as

L. Fr. Equal.

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

Compliance with a command. prohibition, or known law and rule of duty prescribed; the performance of what is required or enjoined by authority, or the abstaining from what is prohibited, in compliance

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.

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

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