In old English law. Stealthily ; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38,

Lat. Theft. The fraudulent appropriation to one’s self of the property ofanother, with an intention to commit theft without the consent of the owner. Fleta, 1. 1,c. 36; Bract, fol. 150; 3

In old English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancientkinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract fol. 1046, lib. 3. tr. 1, c. 6.

In old English law. A staff, used in making livery of seisin. Bract fol. 40. A baton, club, or cudgel.

In Scotch law. A debt which is created, but which will not becomedue till a future day. 1 Bell, Comm. 315.

See ESTATE.

This term has grown out of those purely speculative transactions, inwhich there is a nominal contract of sale forfuture delivery, but where in fact none is ever intended or executed. The nominal

Lat. Those who are to be. Part of the commencement of old deeds. “Sciantprascntcs ct futuri. quod cqo talis, dedi ct conccssi,” etc., (Let all men now living and tocome know that

A Celtic word, meaning a wood or forest

One of the fines Incurred for homicide.

A bow-net for catching fish. Pub. St Mass. 1SS2, p. 1201.

In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare foul or defiled. Ileuce, to find a prisoner guilty.

In old Scotch practice. Fyled; found guilty. See FYLE.

Sax. In Anglo-Saxon law. The military array or land force of the wholecountry. Contribution to the f.vrd was one of the Imposts forming the trinoda nccessitas.(Also spelled “ferd” and “fird.”)