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This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim,or acquire an interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that a judgment in rem binds”all the world.”

This Is either a writ of dower unde nihil habet, which lies for awidow, commanding the tenant to assign her dower, no part of which has yet been setoff to her; or

In Scotch law. Wrongful; unlawful; as wrongous imprisonment f| Ersk.Priu. 4, 4, 25.

In Scotch law. The old term for a mortgage. A right by which lands or other heritable subjects are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his debt. Wadsets

In Scotch law. The revival of an action. A process by which an action that has lain over and not been insisted in for a year and a day, and thus technically

1. Guarding; care; charge; as, the ward of a castle; so in the phrase “watch and ward.” 2. A division in the city of London committed to the special ward (guardianship) of

In old practice. Warranty of charter. A writ which lay for onewho, being enfeoffed of lands or tenements, with a clause of warranty, was afterwardsimpleaded in an assize or other action in

ant who has committed waste of the premises. There were anciently several forms ofthis writ, adapted to the particular circumstances.

In old English law. The robbing of a dead man in his grave.

The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In thecriminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man’s life had its value, called a “were,” or”capitis cestimutio.”

This word, though often used as equivalent to “as soon as,” is alsooften used where the time intended by it is, and will be until its arrival, or for some uncertainperiod, at

See BLOOD.

In Hindu law. The relation between a master or patron and his freedman, andthe relation between two persons who II had made a reciprocal testamentary contract.Wharton.

The purgation from an offense by the oath of the requisite number of witnesses.

In old English law. Money paid for the liberty of taking wood in aforest. Cowell.Immunity from such payment. Spelman.

The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Religiousexercises participated in by a number of persons assembled for that purpose, thedisturbance of which is a statutory offense in many

The writ in an action of ejectment, for the recovery of lands.See EJECTMENT.

In Saxon law. Worthy; competent ; capable. Atheswurthe, worthy of oath;admissible or competent to be sworn. Spelman.

In Scotch law. A creditor to whom a wadset is made, corresponding to a mortgagee.

In old Lombardic law. The disguising the head or face, with the intent of committing a theft