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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.

L. Fr. Literally, out of the hand. 1. A delivery of lands out of the king’s hands by judgment given in favor of the pe- titioner in a monstrans de droit. 2.

In early American land law, (particularly in Missouri,) a lot or parcel of land lying outside the corporate limits of a town or village but subject to its municipal jurisdiction or control.

To draw upon a person or a bank, by bills or checks, to an amount in excess of the funds remaining to the drawer’s credit with the drawee, or to an amount

In English law. The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of the king- dom ; so culled from its being usually carried on in the night. 4 Bl. Comm. 154.

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.

Lat. To obey. Hence the Scotch “obtempcr,” to obey or comply with a judgment of a court.

To hold In possession; to hold or keep for use. Missionary Soc. of M. E. Church v. Dalles City, 107 U. S. 343, 2 Sup. Ct. 677, 27 L. Ed. 545; Jackson

In old English law. The morsel of execration; the corsn- ed, (q. v.) 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 21.

The title of a treatise written in the reign of Edward III. containing the writs which were then most in use, annexing to each a short comment concerning their nature and the

When a policy of insurance expresses that the insurance is made “on account of whom it may concern,” it will cover all persons having an insurable interest in the subject-matter at the

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in a deed or lease, are the words which effect the transaction intended to be consummated by the instrument.

A term used in heraldry, and signifying gold; called “sol-‘ by some heralds when it occurs in the arms of princes, and “topaz”‘ or “carbuncle” when borne by peers. Engravers represent it

In a general sense. A mandate. precept; a command or direction authoritatively given; a rule or regulation. The distinction between “order” and “requisition” is that the first is a mandatory act, the

The fundamental law, or constitution, of a state or nation, written or unwritten; that law or system of laws or principles which defines and establishes the organization of its government. St. Louis

A tax anciently paid by merchants, etc., for leave to show or expose their goods for sale in markets. Du Cange.