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A wether more than a year old. Rex v. Birket 4 Car. & P. 216.

Formerly, a jocose term for a bank-note greatly depreciated in value; also for paper money of a denomina SHIP 1084

A term applied colloquially, but without much precision, to a lease for a short term, (as a month or a year,) as distinguished from one running for a long period.

Lat. In old practice. If before. Formal words in the old writs for summoning juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65,

In old English law. A liberty of holding pleas; the jurisdiction of a manor court; the privilege claimed by a lord of trying actions of trespass between his tenants, in his manor

L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chancellor and justices of the king’s bench.

Sturm v. Boker, 150 U. S. 312, 14 Sup. Ct. DO, 37 L. Ed. 1003: Haskins v. I)ern, 19 Utah, 89, 56 Pac. 953; Hickman v. Skimp, 109 Pa. 16.

Lat In old English law. Of sound mind. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7,

In old English law. A piece of woodland, turned into arable. Cowell.

One of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n.

A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer in equity, deposition, or other instrument, exhibiting in detail the matters mentioned or referred to in the principal document. A

In old English law. A tax or prestation paid to the sheriff for holding the assizes or county courts. Cowell.

A mark intended to supply the place of a seal, made with a pen or other instrument of writing. A paper or parchment containing some writing, and rolled up so as to

simply as “the seal of the United States,” or “the seal of the state.”

Concealed; hidden ; not made public: particularly, in law, kept from the knowledge or notice of persons liable to lie affected by the act, transaction, deed, or other thing spoken of. As

Lat. Otherwise; to the contrary. This word is used in the books to indicate the converse of a foregoing proposition, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an

This word, when written by the drawee on a bill of exchange, amounts to an acceptance by the law merchant. Spear v. Pratt 2 Hill (N. Y.) 5S2, 38 Am. Dec. 600;

The name of certain municipal officers, in the New England states, elected by the towns to transact their general public business, aud possessing certain executive powers. See Felch v. Weare, GO N.

Money paid for synodals.

Lord; a lord. Also the elder. An addition to the name of the elder of two persons having the same name.