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One appointed in the place or stead of another, to transact business for him ; a proxy. A person hired by one who has been drafted into the military service of the

In Spanish law. A small lot of ground. Particularly, such a lot within the limits of a city or town used for cultivation or planting as a garden, vineyard or orchard. Building

Is a clause in an English policy of marine Insurance, generally in the following form: “In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, servants

Petty officers, who cite and warn persons to appear in any court. Fleta, lib. 9.

In medical jurisprudence. The formation of a fcrtus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster.

Lat. In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to “duplicatio,” which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin.

In French law. A party desirous of repurchasing property at auction before the court, can, by offering one- tenth or one-sixth, according to the case, in addition to the price realized at

the court o] ordinary, court of probate, etc., relating to matters of probate, etc. 2 Kent, Comm. 409, note b. And see Robinson v. Fair, 128 U. S. 53, 9 Sup. Ct.

Lat In old English law. A proper judge; a judge having cognizance of a cause. Literally, one’s own judge. Bract, fol. 401.

A Saxon form of greeting, meaning peace and safety.

L. Lat. Syn- ods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens.

In ecclesiastical law. These were originally persons whom, in the ancient episcopal synods, the bishops were wont to summon out of each parish to give informa- tion of the disorders of the

bishop’s certificate to the court of chancery in order to obtain the writ of excommunica- tion ; but, where the words “icrit of sitjnifi- cavit” are used, the meaning is the same

Lat Together and at one time.

Lat. Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it See Boyd v. Selma, 90

In English law. An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same. It signifies a fixed or dead,

Span. Above; over; upon. Ruis v. Chambers, 15 Tex. 5SG, 592.

A privilege, liberty, or franchise. Cowell.

Single; individual; separate; the opposite of joint; as a sole tenant. Comprising only one person; the opposite of aggregate; as a sole corporation. Unmarried ; as a feme sole. See the nouns.

Lat. To pay; to comply with one’s engagement; to do what one has undertaken to do; to release one’s self from obligation, as by payment of a debt. Calvin.