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Lat. In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to “duplicatio,” which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin.

In French law. A party desirous of repurchasing property at auction before the court, can, by offering one- tenth or one-sixth, according to the case, in addition to the price realized at

the court o] ordinary, court of probate, etc., relating to matters of probate, etc. 2 Kent, Comm. 409, note b. And see Robinson v. Fair, 128 U. S. 53, 9 Sup. Ct.

Lat In old English law. A proper judge; a judge having cognizance of a cause. Literally, one’s own judge. Bract, fol. 401.

A Saxon form of greeting, meaning peace and safety.

L. Lat. Syn- ods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens.

A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road. See Kohlhof v. Chicago, 192 111. 249, 01 N. E. 440, S5 Am. St. Rep. 335 ; Challiss v.

In English practice. The signature or allowance of the proper ollicer of a court, obtained by the party entitled to judgment in an action, expressing generally that judgment is given in his

In the civil law. Misrepresentation or concealment of the truth ; as where parties pretend to perform a transaction different from that in which they really are engaged. Mackeld. Rom. Law, I

THE. The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect prohibited the training of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited

As to slight “Care,” “Evidence,” “Fault,” and “Negligence,” see those titles.

In Spanish law. Superior judges. Las I’artidas, pt 3, tit 4, 1. 1.

A custom of grinding corn at the lord’s mill. Cowell. Boud-socome is where the tenants are bound to it Blount.

o solemnize, spoken of a marriage, means no more than to enter into a marriage contract with due publication, before third persons, for the purpose of giving it notoriety and certainty; which

Lat He paid; paid. 10 East, 20G.

In English law. A drain or water-course. The channels or water-courses used for draining mines are so termed; and those mines which are near to any given sough, and lie within the

In old English law. To be leviable. An old exchequer term applied to sheriff’s returns. 4 Inst. 107; Cowell; Spelman.

In commerce. The act or practice of buying lands, goods, etc.. in expectation of a rise of price and of selling them at an advance, as distinguished from a regular trade, in

Lat. In the civil and common law. A thing violently or unlawfully taken from another.

A person sent into an enemy’s camp to inspect their works, ascertain their strength and their intentions, watch their movements, and secretly communicate intel- ligence to the proper officer. By the laws