WRIT OF POSSESSION
This Is thewrit of execution employed to enforce a judgment to recover the possession of land. Itcommands the sheriff to enter the land and give possession of it to the person entitledunder
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This Is thewrit of execution employed to enforce a judgment to recover the possession of land. Itcommands the sheriff to enter the land and give possession of it to the person entitledunder
In old English practice. To give security for the performance of a thing. Cowell.
In Saxon law. A servant, or any ministerial officer. Cowell.
In English law. The title of a court of record, established in the reign of Henry VIII. See COURT OP WARDS AND LIVERIES.
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A body of constables on duty on any particular night
“Natural wear and tear” means deterioration or depreciation invalue by ordinary and reasonable use of the subject-matter. Green v. Kelly, 20 N. J.Law, 048.
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.