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In maritime law. The right-hand side of a vessel when the observer faces forward. “Starboard tack,” the course of vessel when she has the wind on her starboard bow. Burrows v. Gower

That part of a bill in chancery in which the plaintiff states the facts of his case; it is distin- guished from the charging part of the bill and from the prayer.

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the order of a court. See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 7SS.

If the plaintiff in a plalut in the mayor’s court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant and obtained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wishes to contest

Lat. In old English law. Stock ; a stock; a source of descent or title. Communis stipes, the common stock. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2.

In maritime law. The storing, packing, or arranging of the cargo iu a ship, in such a mauner as to protect the goods from friction, bruising, or damage from leakage. Money paid

In the old books. To narrow or restrict. “The habendum should not strcightcn the devise.” 1 Leon. 58.

A whore, harlot or courtesan. This word was anciently used for an addition It occurs as an addition to the name of a woman in a return made by a jury in

Lat In old English law. A vassal; a dependent; any one under the power of another. Spelman.

In criminal law. The offense of procuring another to take such a false oath as would con- stitute perjury in the principal. See Stone v. State, US Ga. 705, 45 S. E.

A sum assessed by way of damages, which is worth having; opposed to nominal damages, which SUBSTANTIVE LAW 1118

In the civil law and in Louisiana. I. The fact of the transmission of the rights, estate, obligations, and charges of a deceased person to his heir or heirs. 2. The right

Lat. Suggestion or representation of that which is false; false representation. To recite in a deed that a will was duly executed, when it was not, is suggestio falsi; and to conceal

In old English law. A plow- land. 1 Inst. 5.

Lat In his own name.

In Scotch law. The dominium directum of lands, without the profit. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 97.

Persons appointed to levy the land-tax in Scotland, aud to cause a valuation roll to be annually made up, and to perform other duties in their respective counties. Bell.

A surety is one who at the request of another, and for the purpose or se- curing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of some act

Stealthily or fraudulently done, taken away, or introduced.

The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton.