An inclosure of land; any fenced ground. See DEFENSO.

In English law. Annuities for the life of the purchaser, but notcommencing until a date subsequent to the date of buying them, so that, if thepurchaser die before that date, the purchase

A lack, shortage, or insufficiency. The difference between the totalamount of the debt or payment meant to be secured by a mortgage and that realizedon foreclosure and sale when less than the

In parliamentary practice, an appropriation bill covering items of expenseomitted from the general appropriation bill or bills, or for which insufficientappropriations were made. If intended to cover a variety of such items,

One blood being wanting, he cannot be heir. But see 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 100,

Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one intrusted withmoney, or in the money received by him. Mutual L. & B. Ass’n v. Price, 19 Fla. 135.

To debauch, deflower, or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term doesnot necessarily imply force or ravishment, nor does it connote previous immaculateness.State v. Montgomery, 79 Iowa, 737. 45 N. W.

To explain or state the exact meaning of words and phrases; to settle,make clear, establish boundaries. U. S. v. Smith, 5 Wheat. 100, 5 L. Ed. 57; Walters v.Richardson, 93 Ky. 374,

Lat. Definition, or, more strictly, limiting or bounding; as In the maximof the civil law: Omnis definitio pcricu- losa est, parum est enim ut non subverti pos- sit,(Dig. 50, 17, 202;) I.

A description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of themeaning of a word or term. Webster. The process of stating the exact meaning of aword by means of other words.

That which finally and completely ends and settles a controversy. A definitive sentence or judgment is put inopposition to an Interlocutory judgment.A distinction may be taken between a final and a definitive

The final judgment, decree, or sentence of an ecclesiastical court. 3 Bl. Comm. 101.

Seduction or debauching. The act by which a woman is deprived of her virginity.

In English law. To withhold wrongfully; to withhold the possession of lands from one who is lawfully entitled to them. 3 Bl. Comm. 172; Phelps v. Baldwin, 17 Conn. 212.In Scotch law.

Deforcement Is where a man wrongfully holds lands to whichanother person is entitled. It therefore includes disseisin, abatement, discontinuance,and intrusion. Co. Litt. 2776, 3316; Foxworth v. White, 5 Strob. (S. C.) 115;

One who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements out of the possession of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 350.

L. Lat. To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful owner. This is a word of art which cannot be supplied by any other word. Co. Litt. 3316.

L. Lat. In old English law. A distress, distraint, or seizure of goods for satisfaction of a lawful debt. Cowell.

The punishment of being buried alive.

To practice fraud; to cheat or trick; to deprive a person of property orany interest, estate, or right by fraud, deceit, or artifice. People v. Wiman, 148 N. Y. 29,42 N. E.