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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.

Lat In the civil and old English law. Blood; consanguinity. The right or power which the chief lord of the fee had to judge and determine cases where blood was shed. Mon.

The act of satisfying a party by paying what is due to him. (as on a mortgage, lieu, or contract,) or what is awarded to him, by tlie judgment of a court

In early American law. To adjust, graduate, or value according to a scale. Walden v. Payne, 2 Wash. (Va.) 5, 6.

An abbreviation for “scire facias, (g. v.)

To pay scot, tax, or customary dues. Cowell.

A French coin of gold, coined A. D. 1427, of the value of 3s. 4d.

In English law. An officer of the customs, whose duty It is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have any prohibited or uncustomed goods on board.

In American land law. A division or parcel of land, on the government survey, comprising one square mile or 640 acres. Each “township” (six miles square) is divided by straight lines into

Lat. The court sitting; during the sitting of the court.

The completion of the feudal investiture, by which the tenant was admitted into the feud, and performed the rights of homage and fealty. Stearns, Beal Act. 2. Possession with an intent on

Lat. In the civil law. The collected decisions of the emperors in their councils.

In Spanish law. A path; the right of a path. The right of foot or horse path. White, New Itecop. b. 2, tit. 6,

In Louisiana probate law. The creditors of the succession may demand, in every case and against every creditor of the heir, a separation of the property of the succession from that of

In equity practice. A writ authorizing the taking into the custody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, issues, and profits) of a defendant who is in contempt,

Criminal slaves in the time of Henry I. 1 Kemble, Sax. 197, (1849.)

The sitting of a court, legislature, council, commission, etc., for the transaction of its proper business. Ilence, the period of time, within any one day, during which such body is assembled in

Separate; individual; Independent. In this sense the word is distinguished from “joint.” Also exclusive; iudi- vidual; appropriated. In this sense it is opposed to “common.”

A “sharp” clause in a mortgage or other security (or the whole iustrument described as “sharp”) is one which empowers the creditor to take prompt and summary action upon default in payment