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Lat In practice. The name given to the sheriff’s return to a writ of scire facias that he has caused notice to be given to the party or parties against whom the

Lat. A writing; something written. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 00,

The ocean; the great mass of water which surrounds the land. U. S. v. Rod- gers, 150 U. S. 249, 14 Sup. Ct. 109. 37 L. Ed. 1071; De Lovio v. Boit,

n. In English practice. An oflicer of the courts of king’s bench and common pleas; so called because he was second or next to the chief officer. In the king’s bench he

In old English law. Security of the peaca A writ that lay for one who was threatened with death or bodily harm by another, against him who so threatened. Beg. Orig. S8.

The act of a man in enticing a woman to commit unlawful sexual intercourse with him, by means of persuasion, solicitation, promises, bribes, or other means without the employment of force. In

A shop, shed, or stall in a market ; a wood of sallows or willows; also a sawpit Co. Litt. 4.

Lat. Always ready. The name of a plea by which the defendant alleges that he .has always been ready to perform what is demanded of him. 3 Bl. Comm. 303. Semper prsesumitur

That peculiar decay of the mental faculties which occurs in extreme old age, and in many cases much earlier, whereby the person is reduced to second childhood, and becomes sometimes wholly incompetent

Lat. In Roman law. A division of tbe us, containing seven undue, or duodecimal parts; the proportion of seven- twelfths. Tayl. Civil Law, 492.

The same word etymologic- ally with “sergeant,” but the latter spelling is more commonly employed in the designation of military and police officers, (see SER- GEANT,) while the former is preferred when

In old English law. King’s serjeaut; a public officer, who acted sometimes as the sheriff’s deputy, and had also judicial powers. Bract, fols. 1456, 1506, 330, 358.

A counterclaim or cross-demand; a claim or demand which the defendant in an action sets off against the claim of the plaintiff, as being his due, where: he may extinguish the plaintiff’s

In ecclesiastical law. The second Sunday before Lent, being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

j A riding, tithing, or division in the Isle of Man, where the whole island is divided into six sheadings, in each of which there is a coroner or chief constable appointed

In English law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one- twentieth part of a pound. This denomination of money was also used in America, in colonial times, but

A custom of bankers of entering on the customer’s pass-book the amount of notes deposited for collection, in such a manner that the amount is not car- ried to the latter’s general

Lat. If It appears. In Roman law. Words used In the formula by which the praetor appointed a judge, and instructed him how to decide the cause. Si plures sint fidejussores, quotquot

L. Lat In old maritime law. Ballast

A tale-teller; a secret accuser.