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(corrupted from trithinps.) Tlie names of the parts or divisions of York- shire, which, of course, are three only, viz., East hiding. North Riding, and West Riding.

The term “right of redemption,” or “right to redeem,” is familiarly used to describe the estate of the debtor when uuder mortgage, to be sold at auction, in contradistinction to an absolute

An ancient code of laws by which the Ripuarii, a tribe of Franks who occupied the country upon the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, were governed. They were first reduced to

Fr. A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italian “roba” had the same meaning.

A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty- four thousand acres, governed by certain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge

Fr. In French insurance law. The way that is taken to make the voyage insured. The direction of the voyage assured.

Days counted in their regular succession on the calendar, including Sundays and holidays. Drown v. Johnson, 10 Mees. & W. 334; dwell v. Rar- reda, 10 Gray (Mass.) 472; Davis v. Pender-

Lat. In the civil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters.

Fr. To redeem; to repurchase, (or buy back.) Kelbam.

In forest law. A sworn of ficer of the forest, whose office chiefly consists in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, aud inquire as well of trespasses

Bate; proportion; degree. Reason, or understanding. Also a cause, or giving Judgment therein.

In the middle temple, those persons were so called who were appointed to deliver lectures or “readings” at certain periods during term. The clerks in holy orders who read prayers and assist

To repel or bar. The action of the heir by the warranty of his ancestor is called “to rebut or repel.” 2 Co. Litt 247.

The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory, by the government which now holds it, to the government from which it was obtained by cession

An obligation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, or criminal court, to

That Imaginary process by which a prior constructive conversion is annulled, and the converted property restored in contemplation of law to its original state.

Coward or craven. The word pronounced by a combatant in the trial by battel, when he acknowledged himself beaten. 3 Bl. Comm. 340.

Great or predial tithes.

A surrendering or restoring ; also a judicial acknowledgment that the thing in demand belongs to the demandant, and not to the person surrendering Cowell.

The receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained.