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A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers.

A writ which lay for a man who, having had a day assigned himpersonally to appear in court in any action in which he was sued, was in the mean time,by commandment,

In old statutes. A kind of thieves.

An instrument used in fighting ; an instrument of offensive or defensivecombat. The term is chietly used, iu law, in the statutes prohibiting the carrying of”concealed” or “deadly” weapons. See those titles.

This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personaloffense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for theloss of a vassal, and partly

This name was applied in Scotland, A. D. 1648, to those violent Covenanterswho opposed the Duke of Hamilton’s invasion of England iu order to restore Charles I.The appellation of “Whig” and “Tory”

A whore is a woman who practices unlawful commerce with men, particularly one who does so for hire; a harlot; a concubine; a prostitute. Sheehey v. Cokley, 43 Iowa, 183, 22 Am.

Intentionally. In charging certain offenses, it is required that theyshould be stated to be tvillfully doue. Archb. Crim. PI. 51, 58; Leach, 550.

Under Sts. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 1 Jac. I. c. 12, the offense ofwitchcraft, or supposed intercourse with evil spirits, was punishable with death. Theseacts were uot repealed till 1736.

In forest law. The old name of the court of attachments; otherwisecalled the “Forty-Days Court” Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 71.

In the English law of descent. A term applied to males,expressive of the preference given to them over females. See 2 Bl. Comm. 234- 240.

In common-law practice. A writ which issues after the plaintiff inan action has obtained a judgment by default, on an unliquidated claim,V directing the sheriff, with the. aid of a jury, to

In old English law. A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., containing two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoirdupois. Cowell; Spelman.

The being a Welshman. Spelman.

In English law. The title of the governor or presiding officer of the Cinque Ports, (g. v.)

In old conveyancing. To warrant; to bind one’s self, by covenant ina deed of conveyance, to defend the grantee in his title and possession.Warrantizare est defendere et acqul- etare tenentem, qui warrantnm

To keep guard; to stand as sentinel; to be on guard at night, for thepreservation of the peace and good order.

A great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formedof stakes interlaced by twigs of osier, aud accommodated for tlie taking of fish, or toconvey a stream to a

A purging from a crime by the oaths of several persons, according totlie degree and quality of the accused. Cowell.

A mode of punishment, by the infliction of stripes, occasionally used inEngland and in a few of the American states.