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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.

Sax. In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid totheir lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other harvest duties; as if a covenant toreap for the lord at

Belg. In European law. Contribution for jettison; average

A Mongolian is not a “white person,” within the meaning of the term as used In the naturalization laws of the United States; the term applies only to persons of the Caucasian

Sax. A village, town, or district. Hence, in composition, the territory overwhich a given jurisdiction extends. Thus, “bailiwick” is the territorial jurisdiction of abailiff or sheriff or constable. “Sheriffwick” was also used

A statute passed in the thirteenth year of the reign ofEdward I., by which the old Saxon law of police was enforced, with many additionalprovisions. 2 Iteeve, Eng. Law, 163; Crabb, Hist.

Without limit;

A forest; land covered with a large and thick collection of natural forest

An aggravated species of assault and battery, consisting in one persongiving another some dangerous hurt 3 Bl. Comm. 121.Wreccum marls significat ilia bona quae naufragio ad terram pelluntur. Awreck of the sea

In English law. By the statute 31 Eliz. c. 3, when anexigent Is sued out, a writ of proclamation shall issue at the same time, commandingthe sheriff of the county where the

The compensation agreed upon by a master to be paid to a servant, or any other person hired to do work or business for him. In maritime law. The compensation allowed to

An erection of stone, brick, or other material, raised to some height, and in- tended for purposes of security or inclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds WALL 1217 WARD