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That part of the law which the courts are established to administer, as opposed to the rules according to which the substantive law Itself is administered. That part of the law which

To prosecute by law; to commence legal proceedings against a party. It is ap- plied almost exclusively to the institution and prosecution of a civil action. See Chal- lenor v. Niles, 78

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life

L. Lat. In old practice. A writ of summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court.

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also

Tlie actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right.

Lat. In the civil law. Deaf; a deaf person. Inst. 2, 12, 3. Surdus et mutus, a deaf and dumb person.

Stealthily or fraudulently done, taken away, or introduced.

Lat In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin.

Certain officers in the English court of chancery, whose duties were to keep the records, make copies of pleadings, etc. Their offices were abolished by St. 5 & 6 Vict c. 103.

A tribute or payment in money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by the inferior clergy, at the Easter visitation.

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.