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Taking the best beast, etc., where an heriot is due, on the death of the tenant. 2 Bl. Comm. 422.

Lat. In the civil law. A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6.

In old English law. A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 72

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

Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in controversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it. It is two-fold,

Lat In old European law. Slaves; persons over whom their masters had absolute dominion. In old English law. Bondmen; servile teuants. Cowell.

Lat. In old English law. A sitting; a session. Sessio parliamenti, the sitting of parliament. Cowell.

To separate. When two joint defendants separate iu the action, each plead- ing separately his owu plea and relying upon a separate defense, they are said to sever.

A portion of anything. When a whole is divided into shares, they are not necessarily equal. In the law of corporations and joint-stock companies, a share is a definite portion of the

The body of the lordship of Cajrdiff in South Wales, excluding the members of it Powel, Hist. Wales, 123.

The demolition or shattering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashore or on rocks and shoals in the mid- seas, or by the violence of winds and waves in tempests. 2

Lat. The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant demands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete. Si alicujus rei societas sit et finis ne-

A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d.

An abbreviation for “southern district”

Lat In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM.

In insurance law. To put to sea; to begin a voyage. The least locomotion, with readiness of equipment and clearance, satisfies a warranty to sail. Pittegrew v. I’ringle, 3 Barn. & Adol.

A body of law framed by the Salian Franks, after their settlement In Gaul under their king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the

In old English law. A consecrated place which had certain privileges annexed to it, and to which offenders were accustomed to resort for refuge, because they could not be arrested there, nor

In old English law. A kind of wear with flood-gates, most commonly in cut rivers, for the shutting up and letting out of water, as occasion required, for the more ready passing

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