1. Soil; earth; a portion of the earth’s surface appropriated to private useand under cultivation or susceptible of cultivation.Though this term is sometimes used in conveyances and in statutes as equivalent to”land.”

A custom or tribute paid for tbe standing of shipping in port. Jacob.

A crop must be considered and treated as a growing crop fromthe time the seed is deposited in the ground, as at that time the seed loses the qualitiesof a chattel, and

A rate paid in some places for the tithe of every fat beast, ox, or other unfruitful cattle. Clayt 92.

In mining law. A contract between two parties by which one undertakesto furnish the necessary provisions, tools, and other supplies, and the other toprospect for and locate mineral lands and stake out

In old European law. A pledge. Spelman; Calvin. A custom. Spelman.Spelled also “wadla.”

He to whom a guaranty is made. This word is also used, as a noun, to denote the contract of guaranty or the obligation of a guarantor, and, as a verb, to

In Spanish law. A written authorization to a court to enforce theperformance of an agreement in the same manner as if it had been decreed uponregular legal proceedings.

He who makes a guaranty.

v. To undertake collaterally to answer for the payment of another’s debtor the performance of another’s duty, liability, or obligation; to assume the responsibilityof a guarantor; to warrant See GUARANTY, n.

A state of wardship.

A guardian is a person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for

The office, duty, or authority of a guardian. Also the relationsubsisting between guardian and ward.

A guardian, warden, or keeper. Spelman.

In old European law. A provision of necessary things. Spelman. A furnishing or garnishment.

One who had the custody of the royal mansions.

War. Spelman.

In military law. An independent body of marauders or armedmen, not regularly or organically connected with the armies of either belligerent, whocarry on a species of irregular war, chiefly by depredation and

A traveler who lodges at an inn or tavern with the consent of the keeper.Bac. Abr. “Inns,” C, 5; 8 Coke, 32; Mc- Daniels v. Robinson, 20 Vt. 310, 02 Am. Dec.574;

An agister; one who took cattle in to feed in tlie royal forests. Cowell.