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Lat. To be in a state of solvency; i. e., able to pay. Solvendo esse nemo intelligitur nisi qui solidum potest solvere. No one is considered to be solvent unless he can

The killing or murder of a sister; one who murders his sister. This is uot a technical term of the law.

In old Scotch law. Surety. Skene.

Having a certain form or designation ; observing a certain form ; par- ticular; precise. As to specific “Denial,” “Devise,” “Legacy,” and “Performance,” see those titles.

Dividing a single cause of action, claim, or demand into two or more parts, and bringing suit for one of such parts only, intending to reserve the rest for a separate action.

In Scotch law. The taking away or meddling with movables in another’s possession, without the consent of the owner or authority of law. Bell.

In the language of tbe courts of equity, a “stale” claim or demand is one which has not been pressed or asserted for so long a time that the owner or creditor

In English lunacy practice, when a person has been found a lunatic, the uext step is to submit to the master a scheme called a “state of facts and proposal,” showing what

In old Scotch law. To ordain, establish, or decree.

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

Estates granted in return for services, generally of a military kind. 1 Steph. Comm. 174.

In Scotch law. Formerly this word included every species of theft accompanied with violence to the person. but of late years it has become the rox siqnata for forcible and masterful depredation

An urban way or thoroughfare ; a road or public way in a city, towu, or village, generally paved, aud lined or intended to be lined by houses on each side. See

See STRIKING A JURY.

Lat In old English law. A vassal; a dependent; any one under the power of another. Spelman.

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