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The act of an insolvent debtor who, in distributing his property or in assigning it for the benefit of his creditors, pays or secures to oue or more creditors the full amount
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The act of an insolvent debtor who, in distributing his property or in assigning it for the benefit of his creditors, pays or secures to oue or more creditors the full amount
Forethought; preconceived ; premeditated. See Territory v. Bannl- gan, 1 Dak. 451. 46 N. W. 507; People v. Clark, 7 N. T. 385.
In old practice. A piece or skin of parchment, several of which used to be sewed together in making up a roll or record of proceedings. See 1 Bl. Comm. 183; Townsh.
In the civil law. Deceitful, crafty, or unfaithful conduct; particularly, such as is manifested in concealing a crime. Dig. 47, 15, 6. In English law. A collusion between an informer and a
A chief ecclesiastic; part of the style and title of an archbishop. Thus, the archbishop of Canterbury is styled “Primate of all England ;” the archbishop of York is “Primate of England.”
The art of impressing letters ; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters. Arthur v. Moller, 97 U. S. 305, 24 L. Ed. 1040; Le Roy v. Jamison,
Lat Private. Privatum jus, private law. Inst. 1, 1, 4. Privatum commodum publico cedit. Private good yields to public. Jenk. Cent, p. 223, case SO. The interest of au individual should give
For want (failure) of purchasers.
According to his interest; to the extent of his interest. Thus, a third party may be allowed to intervene in a suit pro interessc suo.
Lat. In the civil law. A great paternal aunt; the sister of one’s grandfather.
Lat. A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or witness who was free from all exception. 3 Bl. Comm. 102.
The generation of children. One of the principal ends of marriage is the procreation of children. lust. tit. 2, in pr.
Treason; treachery.
Mia. Co. (C. C.) 49 Fed. 549; Bingham v. Salene, 15 Or. 20S, 14 Pac. 523, 3 Am. St. Rep. 152; Pierce v. Keator, 70 N. Y. 422, 26 Am. Rep. 612.
Containing or consisting of a promise; in the nature of a promise; stipulating or engaging for a future act or course of conduct.
Lat. The nearest of kin to a deceased person. Propinquior excludit propinquum; propinquus rcmotmu; ct remotus remo- tiorem. Co. Litt. 10. He who is nearer excludes him who is near; he who
A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an inquest iu whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates verborum servanda; snnt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings
Lat. In the civil law. A wife’s grandmother.
The first draft or rough minutes of an instrument or transaction; the original copy of a dispatch, treaty, or other document. Brande. A document serving as the preliminary to, or opening of,
In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law, the of- ficer acting as the