WITNESS, n
In the primary sense of the word, a witness is a person who has _knowledge of an event. As the most direct | mode of acquiring knowledge of an eventis by seeing
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In the primary sense of the word, a witness is a person who has _knowledge of an event. As the most direct | mode of acquiring knowledge of an eventis by seeing
The seat of the lord chancellor of England in the house of lords, beinga large square bag of wool, without back or arms, covered with red cloth. Webster;Brande.
At common law. Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon the land bythe sea, aud, as lying within the territory of some county, do not belong to theJurisdiction of the
The writ in an action of ejectment, for the recovery of lands.See EJECTMENT.
The writ by which, under the English judicature acts, allactions are commenced.
In old English law. A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., containing two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoirdupois. Cowell; Spelman.
In old English law. A Welshman.
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.
In old English law. The robbing of a dead man in his grave.
See MORTGAGE.
A vessel employed in the whale fishery.
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.
in a deed or other formal instrument, is that part which comesafter the recitals, or, where there are no recitals, after the parties. It usually commences with a reference to the agreement
In medical jurisprudence. A popular name for malignantanthrax, a disease characterized by malignant pustules or carbuncles, caused byInfection by putrid animal matter containing the bacillus anthracis, and chiefly prevalentamong persons whose business
Exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to theking. Cowell.
A real action to recover the possession of land where the tenant(or owner) has been disseised or otherwise wrongfully dispossessed. If the disseisor hasaliened the land, or if it has descended to