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Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

In English law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king’s bench or chancery for taking sureties of the peace. It is commonly directed to the justices of the peace,

A surety is one who at the request of another, and for the purpose or se- curing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of some act

L. Fr. In old English law. Neglect; omission; default; cessation.

L. Fr. In French and feudal law. The immediate vassal of the king; a crown vassal.

A head-note; a note prefixed to the rei>ort of an adjudged case, con- taining an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided in

In medical jurisprudence. A loathsome venereal disease

An obsolete form of the word “scion,” meaning offspring or descendant Co. Litt 123a.

Lat In the Roman and civil law. A sign; a mark; a seal. The seal of an instrument. Calvin. A species of proof. By “sipna” were meant those species of indicia which

“A natural power of the soul, set in the highest part thereof, moving and stirring it to good, aud adhorring evil. And therefore sinderesis never sinneth nor erreth. And this sinderesis our

A celebrated act entitled “An act for abolishing diversity of opinion,” (31 Hen. VIII. c. 14,) enforcing conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Catholic religion, under the severest

A stirrup. There is a tenure of land in Cambridgeshire by holding the sovereign’s stirrup. Wharton.

Lat. In the civil law. The children of cousius german in general.

One who has been guilty of sodomy.

uity. Most attorneys take out a certificate to practice in the courts of chancery, and therefore become solicitors also, and, on the other hand, most, if not all, solicitors take out a

A celebrated decision of the English king’s bench, in 1771, (20 IIow. St. Tr. 1.) that slavery no longer existed in England in any form, and could not for the future exist

A mortuary, or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of Eng- land, on the death of parishioners. It was originally voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be

Lat. A sword-bearer. Blount

An execution which, by the direction of the judge at nisi prius. issues forthwith, or on some early day fixed upon by the judge for that purpose after the trial of the

Lat. In the civil law. I undertake; I engage. Inst. 3, 16, 1.