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The act of spoiling or unlawfully taking away anything from the laud, by the tenant for life or years, or by one holding an estate iu the land less than the entire

Coppice-wood. 2 Inst. 642.

To ham-string by cutting the sinews of the legs and thighs. It was an old custom mcretrices et impudi- cas mutieres subnervare. Wharton.

In English law. An aid, tax, or tribute granted by parliament to the king for the urgent occasions of the kingdom, to be levied on every subject of ability, according to the

In Scotch law. The whole lands astricted to a mill; that is, the lands of which the tenants are obliged to send their grain to that mill. Bell.

phrase which has been used by some writers to signify the same thing as “leading question.” 2 Beuth. Jud. Ev. b. 3, c. 3. It is used in the French law.

Immediate; peremptory ; off-hand; without a jury ; provisional; statutory.

Over-swearing. A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so

In English law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods, or chattels are given, secured, or appointed for and towards the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass, for the maintenance of

Lat Last; the last Supremus est quem nemo sequitur. He is last whom no one follows. Dig. 50, 16, 92.

N contract is taken unawares, by which sudden confusion or perplexity is created, which renders it proper that a court of equity should relieve the party so surprised. 2 Brown, Ch. 150.

In the criminal laws of some of the states, a person who is known or strongly suspected to be an habitual criminal, or against whom there is reasonable cause to believe that

A term colloquially applied to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readiness to answer questions or

A university committee. A combination of persons or firms united for the purpose of enterprises too large for individuals to undertake; or a group of financiers who buy up the shares of

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