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Not proceeding from the true source; not genuine; counterfeited. “A spurious bank-bill may be a legitimate impression from the genuine plate, but it must have the signatures of persons not the officers

The liberty or right of pitchiug or erecting stalls in fairs or markets, or the money paid for the same. 1 Steph. Comm. 664.

A narrative of the facts upon which the plaintiff relies, sub- stituted for a more formal declaration, in suits in the inferior courts. The phrase is used in New Jersey.

An act of the legislature; a particular law enacted and established by the will of the legislative department of government, expressed with the requisite for- malities. In foreign and civil law. Any

The breaking, obstructing, or straitening of a way. Termes de la Ley.

In English law. Paid magistrates; appointed in London and some other cities and bor- oughs, and having in general the powers and jurisdiction of justices of the peace.

violent depredation on tlie highway, or accompanied by house-breaking. Alis. Prin. Scotch Law 227.

In the old books. To narrow or restrict. “The habendum should not strcightcn the devise.” 1 Leon. 58.

The professional robe worn by barristers of the outer bar; viz., those who have not been admitted to the rank of king’s counsel. Brown.

To divide a part into smaller parts; to separate into smaller divisions. As, where an estate is to be taken by some of the heirs per stirpes, it is divided and subdivided

One who suborns or procures another to commit any crime, particularly to commit perjury.

That part of the law which the courts are established to administer, as opposed to the rules according to which the substantive law Itself is administered. That part of the law which

To prosecute by law; to commence legal proceedings against a party. It is ap- plied almost exclusively to the institution and prosecution of a civil action. See Chal- lenor v. Niles, 78

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life

L. Lat. In old practice. A writ of summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court.

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also

Tlie actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right.

Lat. In the civil law. Deaf; a deaf person. Inst. 2, 12, 3. Surdus et mutus, a deaf and dumb person.

Stealthily or fraudulently done, taken away, or introduced.

Lat In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin.