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Lat. In Roman law. The solum italicum (an extension of the old Ager llomanus) admitted full ownership, and of the application to it of usueapio; whereas the solum provinciale (an extension of

The husband of one’s daughter.

The origins from which particular positive laws derive their authority and coercive force. Such are constitutions, treaties, statutes, usages, and customs. In another sense, the authoritative or reliable works, records, documents, edicts,

This Is the official designation of the president or chairman of certain legislative bodies, particularly of the house of representatives in the congress of the United States, of one or both branches

Lat. The hope of recovery or recapture; the chance of retaking property captured at sea, which prevents the captors from acquiring complete ownership of the property until they have definitely precluded it

A surety; one who makes a promise or gives security for another, partic- ularly a godfather in baptism. In the civil law. One who intervenes for another voluntarily and without being re-

A writ called by that name, founded on a custom in Normandy, that where a man in power claimed lands in the possession of an inferior, he petitioned the prince that it

was a court which originally had jurisdiction in cases where the ordinary course of justice was so much obstructed by one party, through writs, com- bination of maintenance, or overawing influence that

In English law. The hall of the stationers’ company, at which every person claiming copyright in a book must register his title, in order to be able to bring actions against persons

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