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In old Scotch law. A sum paid by an offender as a compensation orsatisfaction for the offense; a weregild, or wergild.

A post or stake to which a criminal is tied to undergo the punishmentof whipping. This penalty is now abolished, except in a few states.

A country house or farm. Cowell.

The standard measure of England, originally kept atWinchester. 1 Bl. Comm. 274.

negotiable instrument, signifies that the Indorser means to save himself from liabilityto subsequent holders, and is a notification that, if payment is refused by the partiesprimarily liable, recourse cannot be had to

Thename of an old prison in London.

In criminal cases, the definition of a “wound” is an injury to the person hywhich the skin is broken. State v. Leonard, 22 Mo. 451; Moriarty v. Brooks, 6 Car. & P.084.”In

This name Is given to certain writs which may be issued inanticipation of suits which may arise. Co. Litt. 100.

A wager is a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other thing shall be paid or delivered to one of them on the

Foresters who have the care of a certain space of ground assigned to them. Cowell.

L. Lat. In old English law. To fallow ground; or plow up land (designed for wheat) in the spring, in order to let it lie fallow for the better improvement. Fleta, lib.

One who makes a warranty. Shep. Touch. 181.Warrantor potest excipere qnod que- rens non tenet terrain de qna petit war- rantiam,et qnod donum fuit insufflciens.Q Ilob. 21. A warrantor may object that

“Watch” denotes keeping guard during the night; “ward,” byday.

Sax. In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid totheir lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other harvest duties; as if a covenant toreap for the lord at

Belg. In European law. Contribution for jettison; average

A Mongolian is not a “white person,” within the meaning of the term as used In the naturalization laws of the United States; the term applies only to persons of the Caucasian

Sax. A village, town, or district. Hence, in composition, the territory overwhich a given jurisdiction extends. Thus, “bailiwick” is the territorial jurisdiction of abailiff or sheriff or constable. “Sheriffwick” was also used

A statute passed in the thirteenth year of the reign ofEdward I., by which the old Saxon law of police was enforced, with many additionalprovisions. 2 Iteeve, Eng. Law, 163; Crabb, Hist.

Without limit;

A forest; land covered with a large and thick collection of natural forest