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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.

All material objects, capable of satisfying human wants, desires, or tastes,ha ring a value in exchange, and upon which human labor has been expeuded; i. e.,which have, by such labor, been either

In old records. A large extent of ground, comprising several juga; a perambulation;a circuit Spelman; Cowell.

One who owns or keeps a wharf for the purpose of receiving andshipping merchandise to or from it for hire.

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

When a husband Is compelled to seek the aid of a court of equityfor the purpose of obtaining the possession or control of his wife’s estate, that court willrecognize the right of

The season between 11th November and 23d April, which isexcepted from the liberty of commoniug iu certain forests. St. 23 Car. II. c. 3.

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.

A precept in writing, couched in the form of a letter, running in the name of the king, president, or state, issuing from a court of justice, and sealed with its seal,addressed

A writ to put in force the judgment or decree of a court.

In English law. A writ directing an action brought in a superiorcourt to be tried in an inferior court or before the under-sheriff, under St. 3 & 4 Wm.IV. c. 42. It

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

In Saxon law. A servant, or any ministerial officer. Cowell.

In English law. The title of a court of record, established in the reign of Henry VIII. See COURT OP WARDS AND LIVERIES.

1220

A body of constables on duty on any particular night

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.

The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In thecriminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man’s life had its value, called a “were,” or”capitis cestimutio.”