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prevent any alteration of It 1 Ld. Rayin. 211. An order or allowance that the verdict returned on the nisi prius roll be recorded.

A writ which lay at common law, where a man had right of advowson of a church, and, the parson dying, a stranger had presented. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 30.

In the civil law. A species of exception or plea to the jurisdiction, to the effect that the particular judge is disqualified from hearing the cause by reason of interest or prejudice.

Lat Beturning; in returning ; while returning. 2 Strange, 985.

The damages or expenses caused by the dishonor and protest of a bill of exchange in a foreign country, where it was payable, and by its return to the place where it

In English law. A further or additional fee to counsel in a long case, which may be, but is not necessarily, allowed on taxation.

Lat In old English law. The royal way; the king’s highway, Co. Litt. 56a.

The ecclesiastical kingdom. 2 Hale, P. C. 324. Regnnm noil est divisibile. Co. Litt 165. The kingdom is not divisible.

In pleading. To answer a plaintiff’s replication in an action at law, by some matter of fact.

L. Lat Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, aud the plea was withdrawn, it was called a “confession” or “cognovit actionem relict a veri/icatione.” Wharton.

In French law. The release of a debt

A sudden meeting; as opposed to a duel, which is deliberate.

In Spanish law, a judicial proceeding for the partition of property held in common. See Steinbach v. Moore, 30 Cal. 505.

In its general sense, a reply is what the plaintiff, petitioner, or other person who has instituted a proceeding says In answer to the defendant’s case. Sweet. On trial or argument. When

In Scotch law. An action or proceeding intended to convict a witness of perjury, to which the witness must be made a party. Bell.

To abrogate, annul, avoid, or cancel a contract; particularly, nullifying a contract by the act of a party. See Powell v. Linde Co., 29 Misc. Rep. 419, GO N. Y. Supp. 1044

One who has his residence in a place. “Resident” and “inhabitant” are distinguishable in meaning. The word “inhabitant” implies a more fixed and permanent abode than does “resident;” and a resident may

A writ for respiting a sher- iu’s account addressed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Reg. Orig. 139.

Passing it a second time through the proper office, whereupon it receives a new stamp. 1 Chit. Arch. Pr. 212.

1. The right of retainer is the right which the executor or administrator of a deceased person has to retain out of the assets sufficient to pay any debt due to him