SMUGGLE
The act, with intent to defraud. of bringing into the United States, or with like intent, attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles, without passing the same, or the package
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The act, with intent to defraud. of bringing into the United States, or with like intent, attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles, without passing the same, or the package
Fr. In French law. Partnership. See COMMENDAM.
A calendar month. See MONTII.
Fr. In French law. Ability to pay; solvency. Emerig. Traitfi des Assur. c. 8,
An arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called “Gilliuitfitts,”
A chief ruler with supreme power; a king or other ruler with limited power. In English law. A gold coin of Great Britain, of the value of a pound sterling.
A writing sealed and delivered, containing some agreement. A writing sealed and delivered, which is given as a security for the payment of a debt, in which such debt is particularly specified.
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