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Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one place; tlie opposite of “local.”

The term is used in a broad sense to designate those who patronize inns. Traveler is one who travels in any way. Distance is not material. A townsman or neighbor may be

A tumbrel, castigatory, or cucking-stool. See James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227.

A contribution which is raised by a prince or sovereign from his subjects to sustain the expenses of the state. A sum of money paid by an inferior sovereign or state to

In practice. Persons who are appointed to try challenges to jurors, i. e., to hear and determine whether a juror challenged for favor is or is not qualified to serve. The lords

A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.

Lat. Iu Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground. Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the first prison In Rome. Adams,

Lat. In the civil law. To render an account of tutelage. Calvin. Tutelam reposcere, to demand an account of tutelage.

In medical jurisprudence. A poisonous ptomaine produced in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decomposition of albuminous constituents.

Lat. A plank in a shipwreck. This phrase is used metaphorically to designate the power subsisting in a third mortgagee, who took with- out notice of the second mortgage, to acquire the

A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one’s substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell.

A stick cut Into two parts, on each whereof is marked, with notches or otherwise, what is due between debtor and creditor. It was the ancient mode of keeping accounts. One part

Describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which Is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent

One who drives horses in a wagon for the purpose of carrying goods for hire. He is liable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm.

Lat In the civil law. Rashly; inconsiderately. A plaintiff was said tcmcre liligare who demanded a thing out of malice, or sued without just cause, and who could show no ground or

Such a repair as will render a house fit for present habitation.

A writ whereby tlie record of an indictment, and the process thereupon, was called out of another court Into the queen’s bench. Reg. Orig. 69.

L. Fr. To determine. See OYEB AND TEBMINEB.

A judicial writ for the restoring of lands or goods to a debtor who is distrained above the amount of the debt. Reg. Jud.

One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. lust. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris ultima voluntas