PEONAGE
The state or condition of a peou as above defined; a condition of en- forced servitude, by which the servitor is restrained of his liberty and compelled to labor in liquidation of
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ODIO ET ATIA
A writ anciently called “breve de bono et malo,” addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion,
tECONOMICUS
L. Lat. In oid English law. The executor of a last will and testament. Cowell. (ECONOMUS. Lat. In the civil law. A manager or administrator. Calvin.
INSURABLE INTEREST
Such a real and substantial interest in specific property as will sustain a contract to indemnify the person interested against its loss. Mutual F. Ins. Co. v. Wagner (Pa.) 7 Atl. 104;
OF COURSE
Any action or step taken in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere application, without any inquiry or contest, or which may be effectually taken
MURDER
The crime committed where a person of sound mind and discretion (that is, of sufficient age to form and execute a criminal design and not legally “insane”) kills any human creature in
LUMPING SALE
As applied to judicial sales, this term means a sale in mass, as where several distinct parcels of real estate, or several articles of personal property, are sold together for a “lump”
LUNACY
Lunacy is that condition or habit in which the mind is directed by the will, but is wholly or partially misguided or erroneously governed by it; or it is the im- pairment
NON DISTRINGENDO
A writ not to distrain. Non dubitatur, etsi specialiter venditor evictionem non promiserit, re evic- ta, ex empto competere actionem. It is certain that, although the vendor has not given a special
PANNAGE
A common of pannage is the right of feeding swine on mast and acorns at certain seasons in a commonable wood or forest. Elton, Commons, 25; Williams, Common, 168. Pannagium est pastas
LA CHAMBRE DES ESTEILLES
The star-chamber. La conscience est la plus changeante des regies. Conscience is the most changeable of rules. Bouv. Diet. La ley favour la vie d’un home. The law favors the life of
MUTE
Speechless; dumb; that cannot or will not speak. In English criminal law, a prisoner is said to stand mute when, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at
MUTILATION
As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means rendering the. document imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting,
CUM DUO INTER SE PUGNANTIA REPERIUN- TUR IN TESTAMENTO, ULTIMUM RATUM EST
Where two things repugnant to each other are found in a will, the last shall stand. Co. Litt. 1126; Shep. Touch. 451; Broom, Max. 5S3.
CUM IN TESTAMENTO AMBIGUE ANT ETI- AM PERPERAM SCRIPTUM EST BENIGNE INTERPRETARI ET SECUNDUM ID QUOD CREDI- BILE EST COGITATUM CREDENDUM EST
Dig. 34, 5, 24. Where an ambiguous, or even an erroneous, expression occurs in a will, it should be construed liberally, and in accordance with the testator’s probable meaning. Broom,Max. 568.
DE TABULIS EXHIBENDIS
Of showing the tablets of a will. Dig. 43, 5.
CUM TESTAMENTO ANNEXO L
Lat. With the will annexed. A term applied to administration granted where a testator makes an incomplete will, without naming any executors, or where he names incapable persons, or where the executors
CURE BY VERDICT
The rectification or rendering nugatory of a defect in the pleadings by the rendition of a verdict; the court will presume, after a verdict, that the particular thing omitted or defectively stated
CURFEW
An Institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of William the Conqueror, which consisted in the ringing of a bell or bells at eight o’clock at night, at which
DE BENE ESSE
Conditionally ; provisionally ; in anticipation of future need. A phrase applied to proceedings which are taken ex parte or provisionally, and are allowed to stand as well done for the present,
