MESSENGER
One who bears messages or errands; a ministerial officer employed by executive officers, legislative bodies, and courts of justice, whose service consists prin- cipally iu carrying verbal or written com- uiuuications or
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OYER DE RECORD
A petition made in court that the judges, for better proof’s sake, will hear or look upon any record. Cowell.
LEGATOR
One who makes a will, and leaves legacies
LEGATORY
The third part of a freeman’s personal estate, which by the custom of London, in case he had a wife and children. the freeman might always have disposed of by will. Bac.
OBSTRUCT
1. To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 033; Chase
OBTAIN
To acquire; to get hold of by effort; to get and retain possession of; as. in the offense of “obtaining” money or property by false pretenses. See Com. v. Schmunk, 207 Pa.
LOST
An article is “lost” when the owner has lost the possession or custody of it, in- voluntarily and by any means, but more particularly by accident or his own negligence or forgetfulness,
PLEBISCITE
In modern constitutional law. the name “plebiscite” has been given to a vote of the entire people, (that is, the aggregate of tho enfranchised individuals composing a state or nation.) expressing their
OCCUPANCY
Occupancy is a mode of acquiring property by which a thing which belongs to nobody becomes the property of the person who took possession of it, with the intention of acquiring a
JUBERE
Lat. In the civil law. To order, direct, or command. Calvin. The word jubeo, (I order.) iu a will, was called a “word of direction.” as distinguished from “precatory words.” Cod. 6,
NON-AGE
Lack of requisite legal age. The condition of a person who is under twen- ty-one years of age, in some cases, and under fourteen or twelve in others; minority. Non alio modo
INSTITUTE
n. In the civil law. A person named in the will as heir, but with a direction that he shall pass over the estate to another designated person, called the “substitute.” In
INSTITUTIO H3EREDIS
Lat In Roman law. The appointment of the liwrcs iu the will. It corresponds very nearly to the nomination of an executor in English law. Without such an appointment the will was
LEGO
Lat In Roman law. I bequeath. A common term in wills. Dig. 30, 36, 81, et seq.
LUCID INTERVALS
In medical jurisprudence. Intervals occurring in the mental life of an insane person during which he is completely restored to the use of his reason, or so far restored that he has
PENSIONER
One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a de- pendent. It is usually applied (in a public sense) to those who receive pensions or annuities from government,
JUDGMENT IN REM
A judgment in rem is an adjudication, pronounced upon the status of some particular subject-matter, by a tribunal having competent authority for that purpose. It differs from a judgment in personam, in
LUCRA NUPTIALIA
Lat. In Roman law. A term including everything which a husband or wife, as such, acquires from the estate of the other, either before the marriage. or on agreeing to it. or
PAIRING-OFF
In the practice of legislative bodies, this is the name given to a species of negative proxies, by which two members, who belong to opposite parties or are on opposite sides with
INSTRUMENT
A written document; a formal or legal document in writing, such as a contract, deed, will, bond, or lease. State v. Phillips, 157 Ind. 4S1, 62 N. E. 12; Cardenas v. Miller,
