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A search-warrant is an order in writing, issued by a justice or other magistrate, in the name of the state, directed to a sheriff, constable, or other officer, commanding him to search

In text-books, codes, statutes, and other juridical writings, the smallest distinct and numbered subdivisions are commonly called “sections,” sometimes “arti- cles,” and occasionally “paragraphs.”

Lat The see being filled. A phrase used when a bishop’s see is not vacant.

In old English law. Seised; possessed.

This case decided, in 1604, that “every man’s house [meaning his dwelling-house only] is his castle,” and that an officer executing civil process may not break open outer doors in general, but

enacted in the consulship of Pegasus and Pusio, in the reign of Vespasian, by which an heir, who was requested to restore an inheritance, was allowed to retain one-fourth of it for

Lat. In old conveyancing. Severally. A word which made a several covenant 5 Coke, 23a.

Lat. In the Civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of Q the controversy.

In Scotch practice. To render a verdict or decision in favor of a person claiming to be an heir; to declare the fact of his heirship judicially. A jury are said to

In English law. A tax, rate, or assessment.

The grantor or donor In a deed of settlement.

A portion of anything. When a whole is divided into shares, they are not necessarily equal. In the law of corporations and joint-stock companies, a share is a definite portion of the

The body of the lordship of Cajrdiff in South Wales, excluding the members of it Powel, Hist. Wales, 123.

The demolition or shattering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashore or on rocks and shoals in the mid- seas, or by the violence of winds and waves in tempests. 2

Lat. The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant demands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete. Si alicujus rei societas sit et finis ne-

A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d.

An abbreviation for “southern district”

Lat. In Roman law. An oath, as being a very sacred thing; more particularly, the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their general and their country. Alnsw. Lex. In one

An ancient court in Loudon, of local importance, formerly held in the church from which it took its name.

Lat. Health ; prosperity; safety. Salus populi suprema lex. The welfare of the people is the supreme law. Bac. Max. reg. 12; Broom, Max. 1-10; Montesq. Esprit des Lois, lib. 26, c.