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A mode of acquiring title to incorporeal hereditaments grounded on the fact of immemorial or long-continued enjoyment. See Lucas v. Turnpike Co., 36 W. Vn. 427. 15 S. E. 182; Gayetty v.

In old English law. A payment or performance; the rendering of a service.

The consideration (usually In money) given for the purchase of a thing. It is true that “price” generally means the sum of money which an article is sold for; but this is

Lat. A writ directing a grant of the first benefice in the sovereign’s gift. Cowell. Primo excutienda est verb! vis, ne sermonis vitio obstrnatnr oratio, sive lex sine argument!*. Co. Litt 68.

A legal preference or precedence. When two persons have similar rights in respect of the same subject-matter, but one is entitled to exercise his right to the exclusion of the other, he

age.” Bract, fol. 200. Now called “privileged copyhold,” includi ng the tenure in ancient demesne. 2 Bl. Comm. 00, 100. Privilegia qua; re vera sunt in prae- judicium reipublicae, magis tameu ba-

As master or owner; in the character of master. Calvin.

An ancient writ for partition of lands between co-heirs. Reg. Orig. 316.

such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime

Issues; produce; money obtained by the sale of property; the sum, amount, or value of property sold or converted Into money or into other property. See Hunt v. Williams, 120 Ind. 493,

Lat. Management of another’s affairs by bis direction aud in his behalf; procuration; agency. Procnratio est exhibitio sumptuum necessariorum facta prselatis, qui dioe- ceses peragrando, ecclesias subjectas -visitant. Dav. Ir. K. B.

The party calling a witness under the old system of the English ec- clesiastical courts.

Lat. Offspring; progeny ; the issue of a lawful marriage. Proles sequitur sortem paternam. The offspring follows the condition of the father. Lynch v. Clarke, 1 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 583, 600.

The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make It public; it differs from publication. 1 Bl. Comm. 45.

The propounder of a thing. Thus, the proponent of a will is the party who offers it for probate, (q. v.)

In Spanish and Mexican laV. Productive lands, the usufruct of which had been set apart to the several municipalities for the purpose of defraying the charges of their respective governments. Sheldon v.

In English law. A writ by which the king might by a special prerogative, privilege a defendant from all personal and many real suits for one year at a time, and no

In old English law. A per son who, on being indicted of treason or felony, and arraigned for the same, confessed the fact before plea pleaded, and appealed or accused others, his

Carefulness, precaution, attentiveness, and good judgment as applied to action or conduct That degree of care required by the exigencies or circumstances under which it is to be exercised. Crouk v. Railway

In old English law. Supposed to be a corruption of the Saxon “tcud- geld,” (woodgeld,) a freedom from payment of money for taking wood in any forest. Co. Litt. 233o.