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In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one’s expenses exceed the receipts.

cuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions “sur” was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a

In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rebutter. Steph. PI. 59.

The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton.

Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port. (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W.

One chosen by a college, municipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calvin.

The same court is sometimes said to have different sides; that Is, different provinces or fields of jurisdiction. Thus, an admiralty court may have an “instance side,” distinct from its powers as

A seal commonly used for the sign manual of the sovereign. Wharton. The signet is also used for the purpose of civil justice in Scotland. Bell.

ate church, or any other ecclesiastical benefice, as distinguished from a cure of souls. It may therefore be held with any parochial cure, without coming under the prohibitions against pluralities. Wharton.

In Saxon law. The high constable of a hundred.

This word, in an indictment, adds nothing to the force and effect of the word “kill,” when used with reference to the taking of human life. It is particularly applicable to the

A small duty which was paid by servile tenants in Wy- legh to the abbot of Colchester. Cowell.

Lat In the civil law. A partner.

Compensation. Damages allowed for injury to the feelings.

Lat. Paying. An apt word of reserving a rent in old conveyances. Co. Litt. 47a.

Lat. In the civil law. Sister; a sister. Inst. 3, 6, 1.

The possession of sovereign power; supreme political authority; paramount control of the constitution and frame of government and Its administration ; the self-sufficient source of political power, from which all specific political

Lat. In the civil law. Form; figure; fashion or shape. A form or shape given to materials. A particular thing; as distinguished from “genus.”

A charitable foundation; a hospital for diseased people; a hospital. Cowell.