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ed by the natural flow of the water, as determined by the general superficies orconformation of the surrounding country, as distinguished from an “artificial” watercourse,formed by the work of man, such as

In old European law. The judicial combat or duel; the trial by battel.

A statute passed in t lie eighteenth yearof Edward I. More commonly known as the “Statute of Quia Emptores,” (q. v.) SeeBarring. Ob. St 167-169.

In old English law. Milk, butter, cheese, eggs, and any compositionof them. Cowell.

A man whose wife is dead, and who has not remarried.

In English law. General acts of parliament, regulating settlementof corporate affairs on dissolution.

To subscribe one’s name to a deed, will, or other document, for the purposeof attesting its autheuticity, and prov-

Officers of the forest, whose duty consists in looking after the woodand vert and venison, and preventing offenses relating to the same. Manw. 1S9.

Exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to theking. Cowell.

A writ which is issued on the reversal of a Judgment commanding the sheriff to restore to the defendant below the thing levied upon, if it has not been sold, and, if

Waifs are goods found, but claimed by nobody; that of which every one waives the claim. Also, goods stolen and waived, or thrown away by the thief in his flight, for fear

Beads made of shells, used as money by the North American Indians, and which continued current in New York as late as 1093.

under the old practice of the English court of probate, was a notice given by a registrar of the principal registry to a person who had entered a caveat, warning him, within

A term in English law for a place in which birds, fishes, or wild beasts arekept.A franchise or privilege, either by prescription or grant from the king, to keep beastsand fowls of

A mark indicating the highest point to which water rises, or thelowest point to which it sinks.

In English law. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise. It is called”tronage” for weighing wool at the king’s beam, or “pesagc” for weighing otheravoirdupois goods. 2 Chit Com. Law, 10.

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In English law. Rents paid in silver, and called “white rents,” or”redditus albi,” to distinguish them from rents payable in corn, labor, provisions, etc.,called “black-rent” or “black-mail.”

The state or condition of being a widow. An estate is sometimessettled upon a woman “during widowhood,” which is expressed in Latin, “durante viduitate.”

An opening made in the wall of a house to admit light and air, and tofurnish a view or prospect The use of this word in law is chiefly iu connection with