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In old English law. An ancient custom, whereby, If any tenant holding of the Castle of Dover failed in paying his rent at the day, he should forfeit double, and, for the

In old English law. A customary payment, supposed to be the same withward-penny. Spelman; Blount.

In old records. Such goods as, after a wreck, swim or float on thewaves. Jacob.

A fence or an inclosure of twigs, set in a stream to catch fish. Pub. St. Mass,p. 1297; Treat v. Chipman, 35 Me. 38.

A royal fish, the head beingQthe king’s property, and the tail the queen’s. 2 Steph. Comm. 19, 448, 540.

A place In London between the Temple and Blackfriars, which wasformerly a sanctuary, and therefore privileged from arrest Wharton.

A woman who has a husband liv- and undivorced. The correlative term is”husband.”

An occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, inEngland, and Iu some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary terms.

means with knowledge and by design, excluding only cases which arethe result of accident or forgetfulness, and including cases where one does an unlawfulact through an erroneous belief of his right Osborne

As used in law, this word generally signifies the technical terms andphrases appropriate to particular instruments, or aptly fitted to the expression of a particularintention in legal Instruments. See the subtitles following.

The name of a writ which issues from the court of chancery,in aid of the execution of a judgment at law. to put the complainant into possession oflands adjudged to him, when

The writ by which, under the English judicature acts, allactions are commenced.

What is necessary to the P farmer for the cultivation of his land. Bar- ring. Ob. St. 12.

In marine insurance. Ullage; deficiency in the contents of a cask or vessel caused by leaking. Cory v. Boyl- ston Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 107 Mass. 140, 9 Am. Rep. 14.

A rope attached to some fixed point, used for moving a ship. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1207.

A shallow part of a river or arm of the sea.

A duty anciently paid twice a year towards the charge of wax candles inchurches. Spelman.

adj. In marine insurance. Aterm used as descriptive of the safety and soundness of a vessel, in a warranty of hercondition at a particular time and place; as, “warranted well at on

A vessel employed in the whale fishery.

A mulct on certain lands in or near to the forest of