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Withdrawn, as a juror. Written also treat. Cowell.

In English law. A society at Deptford Strond, incorporated by Hen. VIII. iu 1515, for the promotion of commerce and navigation by licensing and regulating pilots, and ordering and erecting beacons, light-houses,

In the civil law. Juridical days; days allowed to the praetor for deciding causes; days on which the pr.-etor might speak the three characteristic words of his office, viz., do, dico, addico.

Lat. Have or take your things to yourself. The form

A gate set across a road, to stop travelers and carriages until toll is paid for the privilege of passage thereon.

A certificate which was given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction.

Lat In the civil law. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7. In old English law. A taverner or tavern-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12,

In Scotch law. A tenant or lessee; oue to whom a tack is granted. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 153.

Upon pleading the judgment of an inferior court, tbe proceedings preliminary to such judgment, and on which the same was founded, must, to some extent, appear in the pleading, but the rule

A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise by reason of the weight of tlie box, cask, bag, or other receptacle which contains it and is weighed with it. Also an

streets, and constructing sewers in cities, and canals and ditches for the purpose of drainage in the country. They are generally of peculiar local benefit. These burdens have always, in every state,

In a general sense, the name “telephone” applies to any instrument or apparatus which transmits sound beyond the limits of ordinary audibility. But, since the recent discoveries in telephony, tlie name is

Lat. In the civil law. A plea of time; a plea of lapse of time, in bar of an action. Corresponding to the plea of prescription, or the statute of limitations, in

Lat. He holds; he held. In the Latin forms of the writ of waste against a tenant, these words introduced the allegation of tenure. If the tenancy still existed, and recovery of

A term applied in the West Indies to a person one of whose parents was white aud the other a mulatto. See Daniel v. Guy, 19 Ark. 131.

An exemption from all uncertain services. Cowell.

Pertaining to a will or testament: as testamentary causes. Derived from, founded on, or appointed by a testament or will: as a testamentary guardian, letters testamentary, etc. A paper, instrument, document, gift,

Lat. A witness; one who gives evidence in court, or who witnesses a docu- ment. Testis de visu praeponderat aliis. 4 Inst. 279. An eye-witness is preferred to others. Testis Inpanaris sufficit

A duty or acknowledgment paid by inferior tenants in respect of theme or team. Cowell.

In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell.