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To come in in the per is to claim by or through the person last entitled to an estate; as the heirs or assigns of the grantee. To come in in the

Lat. By threats. See DURESS.

Lat In old English law. By the living voice; the same with viva voce. Bract fol. 95.

Complete; finished; executed ; enforceable.

Negations of law. arising either from the law’s silence or its express declaration. Ruth. Inst. b. 1, c. 1.

Having the rights and powers of a person; able to hold or maintain a plea in court; also capacity to take anything granted or given. Personae vice fungitnr municipinm et decuria. Towns

A woman who breaks the peace.

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the veins, which may originate in septicemia (bacterial blood- poisoning) or pywmia (poisoning from pus), and is capable of being transmitted to other tissues, as, the

The duty for maintaining piers and harbors.

Poundage of cattle.

An old form of the word “pleas.” Thus tho “Court of Common Fleas” was sometimes called the “Court of Common Place.

Pestilence; a contagious and malignant fever.

In old English ecclesiastical law. A rural dean. Cowell.

In English law. Fullness; a state of being full. A term applied to a benefice when full, or possessed by au incumbent The opposite state to a vacation, or vacancy. Cowell.

In maritime law. The embezzlement of goods on board of a ship is so called.

A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. POLICE 909 POLICY

A term sometimes used to denote a government of many or several; a government where the sovereignty is shared by several persons; a collegiate or divided executive.

The vulgar; the multitude.

One who receives a portion; the allottee of a portion. One of two or more Incumbents of the same ecclesiastical benefice.

An after-act; an act done afterwards.