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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 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.

The name of a writ which lies where one man has done anythingin the name of another, by which the latter is damnified and deceived. Fitzh. Nat. Brev.95, E.

If, pending an action of replevin for a distress, the defendantdistrains again for the same rent or service, the owner of the goods is not driven toanother action of replevin, but is

In thelanguage of pleading, this phrase is approNpriateto be used in alleging the malicious motive of the defendant in committing theInjury which forms the cause of action.

L. Fr. A vagabond, or vagrant. Britt. c. 29.

The renunciation, repudiation, abandonment, or surrender of some claim, right, privilege, or of the opportunity to take advantage of some select, irregular- Vity, or wrong. The passing by of an occasion to

In English law. A local division of the country; the name is in use north of the Trent to denote a hundred. The derivation of the name is said to be from

1. A writ or precept from a competent authority in pursuance of law, directing the doing of an act, and addressed to an officer or person competent to do the act, and

Atreaty signed on May 8, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States of America,with reference to certain differences arising out of the war between tbe northern andsouthern states of the Union,

N (chiefly in New England) a private way is onelaid out by the local public authorities for the accommodation of individuals and whollyor chiefly at their expense, but not restricted to their

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 statute passed in t lie eighteenth yearof Edward I. More commonly known as the “Statute of Quia Emptores,” (q. v.) SeeBarring. Ob. St 167-169.

In Scotch law. A fictitious offerer or bidder at a roup or auctionsale. Bell.

A woman whose husband is dead, and who has not married again. The”king’s widow” was one whose deceased husband had been the king’s tenant in capite;she could not marry again without the

The name applied In England to the process of settling the accountsand liquidating the assets of a partnership or company, for the purpose of makingdistribution and dissolving the concern.

Without limit;

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

A certain quantity of land so called in the manor of Kingsland,in Hereford. The tenants are called “worthies.” Wharton.