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Fr. In French law. A party who fraudulently mortgages property to which he has no title.

In the old books. To stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance. “The court stuck a little at this exception.” 2 Show. 491.

discharged. If there is a class of “preferred”‘ stock, the common stock may In this sense be said to be “deferred,” and the term Is sometimes used as equivalent to “common” stock.

By this term is intended third persons generally. Thus the persons bound by a fiue are parties, privies, and strangers; tlie parties are either the cogni- zors or cognizees; the privies are

In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, prop- erty is understood to be “struck oft” or “knocked down,” when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by

That which may be sued.

A lease by a tenant to another person of a part of tbe premises held by him; an under-lease.

Lat. In the civil law. A writing under, or under-writing; a writing of the name under or at the bottom of an instrument by way of attestation or ratification; subscription. That kind

n old Scotch law. Base holders; inferior holders; they who held their lands of knights. Skene. 6UCCESSI0

A vote; the act of voting; the right or privilege of casting a vote at public elections. The last is the meaning of the term in such phrases as “the extension of

In old English law. A small brook or stream of water. Cowell

Lat In his own name.

Lat. Surcharging a common; i. e., putting in beasts of a num ber or kind other than the right of common allows.

Lat Suppression or concealment of the truth. “It is a rule of equity, as well as of law, that a suppressio veri is equivalent to a suggestio falsi; and where either the

In English ecclesiastical law. Fees payable on ministerial offices of the church; such as baptisms, funerals, marriages, etc.

An abbreviation of “suspcndatur per collum,” let him he hanged by the neck. Words formerly used in England in signing judgment against a prisoner who was to be executed; being written by

Comprehensive; including in its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection.

Formerly an inn of chancery.

Lat. In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13.

This word is often used to deuote a partial resemblance only; but it is also often used to denote sameness in all essential particulars. Thus, a statutory provision in relation to “previous