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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

One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising theleges, plebiscita, senatus-consnlta, prin- cipum plaeita, magistratuum edieta, and responsaprudentum. Inst 1, 2, 3.Statute law; law deriving its force from express

Officers whose duty it formerly was to wait in attendance Qupon the court of chancery. The ollice was abolished in 1S42 by SL 5 & 0 Vict. c. 103. Mozley & Whitley.

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.

In the language of brokers, adding to the capital stock of acorporation by the issue of new stock, without increasing the real value represented bythe capital.

In English law. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise. It is called”tronage” for weighing wool at the king’s beam, or “pesagc” for weighing otheravoirdupois goods. 2 Chit Com. Law, 10.

Adocument containing a statement of religious doctrine, concocted at a conference ofBritish and continental Protestant divines at Westminster, in the year 1043, whichsubsequently became the basis of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. Wharton.

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 place on the sea-shore or the bank of a river.

In England. 1. The statute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 1, passed in 1540, by whichpersons seised in fee-simple of lands holden in socage tenure were enabled to devisethe same at their will

Sax. A punishment, pain, penalty, mulct, or criminal fine. Cowell.

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

The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Religiousexercises participated in by a number of persons assembled for that purpose, thedisturbance of which is a statutory offense in many

A writ which lies where a party claims damages for breach ofcovenant; i. e., of a promise under seal.

In England, the king may, by his writ of protection, privilegeany person in his service from arrest in civil proceedings during a year and a day; butthis prerogative is seldom, if ever,

An injury; a tort; a violation of right or of law.The idea of rights naturally suggests the correlative one of wrongs; for every right iscapable of being violated. A right to receive

To abandon or throw away; Ras when a thief, in his flight, throws aside the stolen goods, in order to facilitate his escape, he is technically said to waive them. In modern

Regardless of another’s rights. See WANTONNESS.