L. Fr. In old English practice. Of well being; of form. The same as de bene esse. Britt. c. 39.

In French marine law. Abandonment Emerig. Tr. des Ass. ch. 17.

In Scotch law. To accuse. Delated, accused. Dclatit off arte and parte, accused of being accessary to. 3 How. St Tr. 425, 440.

In the civil law. An accusation or information.

An accuser; an informer; a sycophant.

In old English law. The reward of an informer. Whishaw.

To retard; obstruct; put off; hinder; interpose obstacles; as, when it is saidthat a conveyance was made to “hinder and delay creditors.” Mercantile Co. v. Arnold,108 Ga. 449. 34 S. E. 176;

Lat. Choice of the person. By this term is understood theright of a partner to exercise his choice and preference as to the admission of any newmembers to the firm, and as

A delegated power cannot be delegated.

A person who is delegated or commissioned to act in the stead of another; a person to whom affairs are committed by another; an attorney.A person elected or appointed to be a

the high conrt of. In English law. Formerly the court of appeal from theecclesiastical and admiralty courts. Abolished upon the judicial committee of the privycouncil being constituted the court of appeal in

A sending away; a putting into commission; the assignment of a debtto another: the intrusting another with a general power to act for the good of thosewho depute him. At common law.

In French marine law. A discharging of ballast (Inst) from a vessel.

In Scotch law. To erase; to strike out.

A quarry or mine. 31 Eliz. c. 7.

That which is to be resolved once for all should be long deliberated upon.

To weigh, ponder, discuss. To examiue, to consult, in order to form an opinion.

The act or process of deliberating. The act of weighing and examiningthe reasons for and against a contemplated act or course of conduct or achoice of acts or means. See DELIBERATE.

A luxurious debtor Is odious in law. 2 Bulst. 148. Imprisonment for debt has now, however, been generally abolished.

In the Roman and civil law. A wrong or Injury: an offense; a violation of public or private duty. It will be observed that this word, taken in its most general sense,