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That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately coveredand left dry by the ordinary flow of the tides; i. e., by the medium line between thegreatest and least
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That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately coveredand left dry by the ordinary flow of the tides; i. e., by the medium line between thegreatest and least
In old English law. A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pastures,privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest andabide in the safe protection of the
A duty or tribute payable to the king’s foresters. Cowell.
To intercept or obstruct a passenger on the king’s highway. Cowell. Tobeset the way of a tenant so as to prevent his coming on the premises. 3 Bl. Comm.170. To intercept a
The act of the buying or contracting for any merchandise or provision on its way to the market, with the intention of selling it again at ahigher price; or the dissuading persons
In English law. A forester. An officer who takes care of tho woods and forests. Dc farcstario aiwoncn- ilo,a writ which lay to appoint a forester to prevent further commission of waste
In Scotch law. Murder committed in consequence of a previous design. Ersk. Inst 4, 4, 50; Hell.
In old English law. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs ormarkets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign.Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen
Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture for non-user, neglect, crime, etc.
1. A punishment annexed by law to some illegal act or negligence in the owner of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, whereby he loses all his interest therein, and they go to the
A quit-rent; a small reserved rent in money. Jacob.
To fabricate, construct, or prepare one thing iu imitation of another thing,with the intention of substituting the false for the genuine, or otherwise deceiving anddefrauding by the use of tlie spurious article.
In criminal law. The falsely making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, any writing which, ifgenuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy or tlie foundation of a legal liability. 2Bish. Crim.
In old records. A herd- land, headland, or foreland. Cowell.
An instrument by which, through tlie medium of some third person acting as trustee,provision is made by a husband for separation from his wife and for her separatemaintenance. Whitney v. Whitney, 15
In conveyancing. A deed of one part or made by one party only; and originally so calledbecause the edge of the paper or parchment was polled or cut in a straight line,wherein
To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn. Cory v. Spencer, 67 Kan. 048, 73 Pac.920, 63 L. R. A. 275; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. Ill, 25 Am. Rep. 148; U. S. v.
Judges in the Isle of Man, who decide all controversies without process, writings, or any charges. TheseJudges are chosen by the people, and are said by Spelman to be two in number.
Engines or great nets made of cord to catch deer. 19 Hen. VIII. c. 11.
To set off one claim against another; to deduct a debt due to one from adebt which one owes. Johnson v. Signal Co., 57 N. J. Eq. 79, 40 Atl. 193 ;