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In ecclesiastical law. The tithes of land, etc. Wharton.

In old English law. Adultery. Cowell.

In old English law. A pool, or pond. Co. Litt. 5a; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 110.

A body politic, or society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their combined strength. Cooley, Const. Lim. 1. One

Lat. In Roman law. One who is made free by will under a condition ; one who has his liberty fixed and appointed at a certain time or on a certain condition.

The daughter of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

Lat. In the civil law. The drip of water from the eaves of a house. The servitude stillicidii consists in the right to have the water drip from one’s eaves upon the

In the civil law. Compen- satiou or set-oil.

See BAIL.

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.