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In Roman law. The crime of bribery or extortion in a magistrate, or person in any public office. Calvin.

In old English law. An act whereby certain forest grounds, being made purlieu upon view, were by a second view laid to the forest again, put back into the forest Man- wood

Lat In Roman law. A breaking off of the contract of espousals, or of a marriage intended to be solemnized. Sometimes translated “divorce;” but this was not the proper sense. Dig. 50,

Lat. In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition ; a rescript. Calvin.

Lat. In old English law. To draw back from a contract before it is made binding. Bract fol. 38.

The hypothecation of the cargo or goods on board a ship as se- curity for the repayment of a loan, the term “bottomry” being confined to hypothecations of the ship herself; but

To limit, confine, abridge, narrow down, or restrict. To prohibit from action; to put compulsion upon; to restrict; to hold or press back. To enjoin, (in equity.)

he return of writs. The indorsement by a sheriff or other officer of liis doings upon a writ.

Looking back; contemplating what is past.

As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner.

judgment, by lapse of time, or change by dentil, etc., of the parties entitled or liable to execution, the party alleging himself to be entitled to execution might sue out a writ

In English law. The offense of riding or going armed with dan- gerous or unusual weapons is a misdemeanor tending to disturb the public peace by terrifying the good people of the

By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 0 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or musical composition, or his assignee, lias the sole

A suit is said to be “ripe for judgment” when it is so far advanced, by verdict, default, confession, the determination of all pending motions, or other disposition of preliminary or disputed

One who commits a robbery. The term is not in law synonymous with “thief,” but applies only to one who steals with force or open violence. See De Roths- child v. Royal

This term, in a general sense, comprehends all tlie laws which pre- vailed among the Romans, without regard to the time of their origin, including the col- lections of Justinian. In a

In Scotch law. A sale by auction. Bell.

An open unsettled account, as distinguished from a stated and liquidated account. “Running accounts mean mutual accounts and reciprocal demands between the parties, which accounts and demands remain open and unsettled.” Brackenridge

Lat. In maritime law. A rough or rude judgment or decision. A judgment iu admiralty dividing RUTA 1049

An artificial canal dug in the earth; a channel cut in the ground. Wilder v. De Coil. 26 Minn. 17, 1 N. W. 48. The channel for the current that drives a