In Saxon law. A pledge. Fred- gislc. a pledge of peace. Qislelert, an illustrious pledge.

In pleading. The essential ground or object of the action in point of law, withoutwhich there would be no cause of action. Gould. PI. c. 4,

1. To transfer or yield to, or bestow upon, another. One of the operativewords in deeds of conveyance of real property. importing at common law, a warranty orcovenant for quiet enjoyment during

In Louisiana law. A phrase (translating the Fr. “dation enpagement”) which signifies the delivery and acceptance of real or personal property insatisfaction of a debt, instead of a payment in money. See

A ceremony anciently performed in England by serjeants at law atthe time of their appointment. The rings were inscribed with a motto, generally in Latin.

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat. Paris.

Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls orcomites (the king’s attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were madeby being girt with swords, (gladio succincti.)The emblem of

A sword, lance, or horseman’s staff. One of the weapons allowed in a trial by combat.

A term used in St 1 Jac.I. c. 7, for wandering rogues or vagrants.

A hand dart Cowell.

The gathering of grain after reapers, or of grain left ungathered byreapers. Held uot to be a right at common law. 1 II. Bl. 51.

A turf, sod, or clod of earth. The soil or ground; cultivated land in general.Church land, (solum et dos ecclesice.) Spelman. See GLEBE.

Villein-socmen, who could uot be removed from the land whilethey did the service due. Bract, c. 7; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 209.

Turfs dug out of the ground. Cowell

In ecclesiastical law. The land possessed as part of the endowment or revenue of a church or ecclesiasticalbenefice. In Roman law. A clod; turf; soil. Hence, the soil of an inheritance; an

In Saxon law. A fraternity.

Commissioners appointed to determine differences between scholarsin a school or university and the townsmen of the place. Jacob.

Lat. In the civil law. A husband’s sister. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6.

An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal;an annotation, explanation, or comment on any passage in the text of a work, for purposesof elucidation or amplification. Particularly applied to

Lat. A gloss, explanation, or interpretation. The glossce of the Roman laware brief illustrative comments or annotations on the text of Justinian’s collections,made by the professors who taught or lectured on them