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A military government ; government by military chiefs of an army.

The selecting or nominating a jury of twelve men out of the whole number returned as jurors on the panel. It is especially used of the selection of a special jury, where

Lat. Under; upon.

To propound; as an advocate submits a proposition for the approval of the court. Applied to a controversy, it means to place it before a tribunal for determination.

Lat. In Roman law. Lower seats or benches, occupied by the indices and by inferior magistrates when they sat in judgment, as distinguished from the tribunal of the praetor. Calvin. Subsequens matrimonium

In the civil law and in Louisiana. I. The fact of the transmission of the rights, estate, obligations, and charges of a deceased person to his heir or heirs. 2. The right

Lat. Suggestion or representation of that which is false; false representation. To recite in a deed that a will was duly executed, when it was not, is suggestio falsi; and to conceal

In English law. A summary or abstract; a compendium ; a collection. Several of the old law treatises are called “sums.” Lord Hale applies the term to summaries of statute law. Burrill.

Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10.

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent, or that the

A court of high powers and extensive jurisdiction, existing in most of the states. In some it is the official style of the chief appellate court or court of last resort. In

In pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign and impertinent to the cause. All matter beyond the circumstances necessary to constitute the action. See State v. Whitehouse, 95 Me. 179, 49 Atl. 869;

In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made.

In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote, thrice in every year, the siceins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its

To cut short, or pronounce things so as not to be understood. Cowell.

In English law. The signature or subscription of the king is termed his “sign-manual.” There is this difference between what the sovereign does under the sign manual and what he or she

In English ecclesiastical law. The corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. 2 Bl. Comm. 278. An unlawful con- tract for presenting a clergyman to

In Scotch practice. A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Bell.

A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. Webster. One

In English law. A sum paid to the ministers of divers parishes as a modus in lieu of tithe-wood. Blount.