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trees. The old books say that a grant of “all his woods” (omnes bosros suos) will passthe laud, as well as the trees growing upon it Co. Litt 4b. See Averitt v.

At common law. Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon the land bythe sea, aud, as lying within the territory of some county, do not belong to theJurisdiction of the

If, pending an action of replevin for a distress, the defendantdistrains again for the same rent or service, the owner of the goods is not driven toanother action of replevin, but is

A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of all descriptions. The term does not include a hackney-coach. Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418, 63 Am. Dec. 139.

In old English law. A wall; a sea-wall; a mound, bank, or wall erected in marshy districts as a protection against the sea. Spelman.

The owner of a warehouse; one who, as a business, and for hire, keeps and stores the goods of others.

ders v. Seelye, 105 U. S. 718, 26 L. Ed. 1217.

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