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L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chancellor and justices of the king’s bench.

Sturm v. Boker, 150 U. S. 312, 14 Sup. Ct. DO, 37 L. Ed. 1003: Haskins v. I)ern, 19 Utah, 89, 56 Pac. 953; Hickman v. Skimp, 109 Pa. 16.

Lat In old English law. Of sound mind. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7,

In old English law. A piece of woodland, turned into arable. Cowell.

One of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n.

A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer in equity, deposition, or other instrument, exhibiting in detail the matters mentioned or referred to in the principal document. A

In old English law. A tax or prestation paid to the sheriff for holding the assizes or county courts. Cowell.

A mark intended to supply the place of a seal, made with a pen or other instrument of writing. A paper or parchment containing some writing, and rolled up so as to

simply as “the seal of the United States,” or “the seal of the state.”

Concealed; hidden ; not made public: particularly, in law, kept from the knowledge or notice of persons liable to lie affected by the act, transaction, deed, or other thing spoken of. As

Lat. Otherwise; to the contrary. This word is used in the books to indicate the converse of a foregoing proposition, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an

This word, when written by the drawee on a bill of exchange, amounts to an acceptance by the law merchant. Spear v. Pratt 2 Hill (N. Y.) 5S2, 38 Am. Dec. 600;

In criminal law. The protection of one’s person or property against some injury attempted by another. The right of such protection. An excuse for the use of force in resisting an attack

In American law. The name of the upper chamber, or less numerous branch, of the congress of the United States. Also the style of a similar body in the legislatures of several

In Spanish law. Dominion or property.

In old English practice. A writ which issued where a sheriff had returned nihil, upon a summoneas ail warrantizandum, and after an alias and pluries had been issued. So called because tbe

A test for insanity by means of the breaking up of the red corpuscles of the blood of the suspected person on the injection of the venom of cobras or other serpents;

Lat. In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and per- formance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord, by reason of his fee. Spel- man.

In Scotch law. The gruuter of a tack or lease. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 2, p. 153.

In old records. Au ancient measure of liquids, aud of dry commodities ; a quarter or seam. Spelman.