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A payment to the lords of the wood on the Wealds of Kent, who used to visit those places in summer, when their under-tenants were bound to prepare little summer-houses for their

In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one’s expenses exceed the receipts.

cuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions “sur” was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a

In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rebutter. Steph. PI. 59.

The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton.

Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port. (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W.

One chosen by a college, municipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calvin.

In ecclesiastical law. The name of a sort of rescript, without seal, containing the supplication, the signature of the pope or his delegate, and the grant of a pardon. In contracts. The

Pure; unmixed; not compounded; not aggravated; not evidenced by sealed writing or record. As to simple “Assault,” “Average,” “Battery,” “Blockade,” “Bond.” “Confession,” “Contract,” “Contract Debt,” “Deposit,” “Interest,” “Larceny,” “Obligation,” “Trust,” and “Warrandice,”

To hold a session, as of a court, grand jury, legislative body, etc. To be formally organized and proceeding with the transaction of business. See Allen v. State, 102 Ga. 010, 29

The condition of a slave; that civil relation in which one man has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another. See, e.g., What Are Crimes Against Humanity?

The offense of importing prohibited articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of articles into consumption, without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may be committed indifferently either upon

An association or company of persons (generally not Incorporated) unit ed together for any mutual or common purpose. In a wider seuse, the community or public; the people in general. See New

Lat. In the civil law. A rent paid for the ground, where a person built on the public land. A ground rent Spelman; Calvin.

Ability to pay; present ability to pay; ability to pay one’s debts out of one’s own present means. Marsh >v. Dunckel, 25 Hun (N. Y.) 100; Osborne v. Smith (C. C.) IS

In Scotch law. A person who takes meat and drink from others by force or menaces, without paying for it Bell. SOROR 1098 SOVEREIGN

Relating to or designating a species, kind, or sort; designed for a particular purose; confined to a particular purpose, object, person or class. The opposite of “genera”.

1. Coin of the precious metals, of a certain weight and fineness, and bearing the stamp of the government, denoting its value as currency. Trebilcock v. Wilson, 12 Wall. 005, 20 L.

These are inflammable liquids produced by distillation, and forming an article of commerce. See Rlankenship v. State, 93 Ga. 814, 21 S. E. 130; State v. Munger, 15 Vt. 293; Allred v.