UT HOSPITES
Lat. As guests. 1 Salk. 25, pi. 10. Ut poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat. That the punishment may reach a few, but the fear of it affect all. A maxim
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Lat. As guests. 1 Salk. 25, pi. 10. Ut poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat. That the punishment may reach a few, but the fear of it affect all. A maxim
Both of us. Words used formerly in bonds.
L. Lilt. In old English law. The Iron ell; the standard ell of Iron, kept in the exchequer for the rule of measure.
In Saxon law. An oath by relations not to avenge a relation’s death. Blount.
A tenant under one who is himself a tenant; one who liokls by under-lease.
which regulates the terms of membership in the Church of England and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, (St. 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 4.) See St. 9 & 10 Vict.
Sax. An unjust law.
This term generally excludes the day to which it relates; but It will be con- strued otherwise, if required by the evident intention of the parties. Kendall v. Klngs-
Up to the middle of the stream or road.
In old English practice. Octave; the octave; the eighth day following any term or feast. Cowell.
To put or seud into circulation ; to publish or put forth. To utter and publish an instrument is to declare or assert, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that it
Alnage, (which see.)
Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, e. g., a will, as to render It unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no
In Louisiana. In every tutorship there shall be an uiuler- tutor, whom it shall lie the duty of the judge to appoint at the time letters of tutorship are certified for the
The English statute of 2 Wm. IV. c. 39, establishing a uniform process for the com- mencement of actions in all the courts of law at Westminster. 3 Steph. Comm. 566.
In old Scotch law. That which is done without law or against law. Spelman.
The rule of evidence which obtains in the civil law, that the testimony of one witness is equiva- lent to the testimony of none. Wharton.
Habitual; ordinary; customary; according to usage or custom; commonly es- tablished, observed, or practised. See Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Hause. 71 111. App. 147; Kellogg v. Curtis. 69 Me. 214,
Born of the same mother. A uterine brother or sister is one born of the same mother, but by a different father.
In English law. The bar at which those barristers, usually junior men, practice who have not yet been raised to the dignity of king’s counsel. These junior barristers are said to plead