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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

L. Lat. In old English law. Ward ; guard; protection ; keeping; custody. Spelman. A ward; an infant under wardship. Id. In old Scotch law. An award; the judgment .of a court.

An oldEnglish writ, which lay for him who was challenged to be a ward to another, In respectto land said to be holden by knight- service; which land, when it was bought

A book used by merchants, to receive rough entries or memorandaof all transactions in the order of their occurrence, previous to their being posted in thejournal. Otherwise called a “blotter.”

All material objects, capable of satisfying human wants, desires, or tastes,ha ring a value in exchange, and upon which human labor has been expeuded; i. e.,which have, by such labor, been either

Sax. In old English law. A robber who might be ransomed. Fleta.lib. 1, c. 47,

A word which implies a recital of a past fact. The word “whereas,” whenit renders the deed senseless or repugnant, may be struck out as impertinent, and shallnot vitiate a deed in