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In criminal law. The offense of procuring another to take such a false oath as would con- stitute perjury in the principal. See Stone v. State, US Ga. 705, 45 S. E.

are assessed to satisfy a bare legal right. Wharton.

In Hindu law. The best; tbe fore-court of a house; the chief seat of gov- ernment, contradistinguished from “mofus- sil,” or interior of the country; the presiden- cy. Wharton.

Lat. Of his own right; possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one’s own affairs; not under

In practice. To serve a summons ; to cite a defendant to appear in court to answer a suit which has been begun against him; to notify the defendant that an action

Lat In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18,

See OATH.

To put more cattle upon a common than the herbage will sustain or than the party has a right to do. 3 Bl. Comm. 237. In equity practice. To show that a

A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an im- mediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater

Lat To render to every one his own. One of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian.

In old English law. Persons who, by mutual oaths, covenant to share in each other’s fortunes.

A meeting or assembly of ecclesiastical persons concerning religion; being the same thing, in Greek, as convocation in Latin. There are four kinds: (1) A general or universal synod or council, where

A term sometimes applied to unofficial volumes or series of reports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court, or to collections of cases omitted from tbe official

In ecclesiastical law. When this word is used alone, it means the SIGNING JUDGMENT 1089

Lat. Together with. In actions of tort and in prosecutions, where several persons united In committing the act complained of, some of whom are known and others not, it is usual to

In practice. The holding of a court, with full form, and before all the judges; as a sitting in banc. 3 Steph. Comm. 423. The holding of a court of nisi prius

A dormant partner ; one whose name does not appear in the firm, and who takes no active part in the business, but who has an interest in the concern, and shares

The formula at the end of a commou oath.

Free tenure by socage.

A military man; a private in the army.