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This term, as used in law, may denote either sequence in point of time or inferiority or postponement iu respect to rank, lien, order, or privilege. As to second “Cousin,” “Deliverance,” “Distress,”

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. 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

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