SOUND, adj
Whole; in good condition; marketable. So used in warranties of chat- tels. See Brown v. Bigelow, 10 Allen (Mass.) 242; Hawkins v. Pemberton, 35 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 3S3; Woodbury v. Bobbins,
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Whole; in good condition; marketable. So used in warranties of chat- tels. See Brown v. Bigelow, 10 Allen (Mass.) 242; Hawkins v. Pemberton, 35 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 3S3; Woodbury v. Bobbins,
Lat. Here and there; scattered ; at intervals. For instance, trespass to realty by cutting timber sparsim (here and there) through a tract
The formation of words by letters; orthography. Incorrect spelling does not vitiate a written instrument If the intention clearly appears.
Lat. In the civil law. Espousal; betrothal; a reciprocal promise of future marriage.
A contraction of “esquire.”
A district whicb includes all parts of Devon and Cornwall where some tin work is situate and in actual operation. The tin miners of the stannaries have certain peculiar customs and privileges.
Exhibiting, or listing in their order, the items which make up an account.
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.
A person employed in loading aud unloading vessels. The Senator (D. C.) 21 Fed. 191; Rankin v. Merchants’ & M. Transp. Co., 73 Ga. 232, 54 Am. Rep. 874; The Elton, 83
or, with a view to their being released or discharged by an acoeptilatio, that mode of discharge being applicable only to the verbal contract Brown.
A shore or bank of the sea or a river. Doane v. Willcutt, 5 Gray (Mass.) 335, 00 Am. Dec. 309; Hell v. Hayes, U0 App. Div. 382. 09 X. Y. Supp.
Lat In strict law. 1 Kent, Comm. 65.
A royal lish which, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, is the property of the sovereign. 2 Steph. Comm. 19n, 540.
In logic. That concerning which the affirmation in a proposition is made; the first word in a proposition. An individual matter considered as the object of legislation. The constitutions of several of
A person who is subrogated; one who succeeds to the rights of another by subrogation.
An under-tenant; one who leases all or a part of the rented premises from the original lessee for a term less than that held by the latter. Forrest v. Duruell, 86 Tex.
A recovery was effected by the party wishing to convey the land suffering a fictitious action to be brought against him by the party to whom the land was to be conveyed,
A party to a suit or action in court. In its ancient sense, “suitor” meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta.
See SOMPNOUB.
Higher; more elevated in rank or office. Possessing larger power. Entitled to command, Influence, or coutrol over another. In estates, some are superior to others. An estate entitled to a servitude or
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