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An ancient writ, lying for the sovereign, against any of his subjects, to stay them from going out of the kingdom to foreign parts; the ground whereof is that every man is

An injury for which a master may have an action on the case.

of restitution pronounces upon the act as having been not a valid act of capture, but an act of temporary seizure only. Appleton v. Crown- inshield, 3 Mass. 443. In the law

Lat. In maritime law. Half-shipwreck, as where goods are cast overboard in a storm; also where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than her worth. Wharton.

In old records. Widowhood. Cowell.

Lat In Roman law. An inclosure; tin inclosed place where the people voted;’ otherwise called “ovile.” In old English law. An inclosure or close. Cowell.

Important; weighty; moment- ‘ ous, and not trifling; as in the phrases “serious bodily harm,” “serious personal injury,” etc. Lawlor v. People, 74 111. 231; Union Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Wilkinson,

In old English practice. Serjeant at law.

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively “first of exchange,” “second of exchange,” etc., and these parts together constitute a “set

The distinction between male and female; or the property or character by which an animal is male or female. Webster.

Soldiers. Cowell.

Changing; varying; passing from one person to another by substitution. “Shifting the burden of proof” is transferring it from one party to the other, or from one side of the case to

A cause which is not likely to occupy n great portion of the time of the court, and which may be entered on the list of “short causes.” upon the application of

grammatical, but In a popular and ordinary, sense. 2 Kent, Comm. 555.

The heraldic term for black. It is called “Saturn,” by those who blazon by planets, and “diamond,” by those who use the names of jewels. Engravers commonly represent it by numerous perpendicular

Lat. In the law of divorce. Cruelty; anything which tends to bodily harm, and in that manner renders cohabitation unsafe. 1 Hagg. Const. 408.

A recompense or consideration made to a person for his pains and industry in another person’s business; also wages, stipend, or annual allowance. Cowell. A fixed periodical compensation to be paid for

The word “same” does not always mean “identical,” not different or other. It frequently means of the kind or species, not the specific thing. Crapo v. Brown, 40 Iowa, 487, 493.

Fr. Without recourse. See INDORSEMENT. Sapiens incipit a fine, et qnod primum est in intcntione, ultimum est in exe- eutione. A wise man begins with the last, and what is first in

A creditor is said to “save the statute of limitations” when he saves or preserves his debt from being barred by the operation of the statute. Thus, in the case of a