The person to whom lands or other real property are devised or given by will. 1 Pow. Dev. c. 7.

A giver of lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.

Fr. Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Rich. II. c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs.

The transfer or transition from one person to another of a right,liability, title, estate, or office. Francisco v. Aguirre, 94 Cal. ISO, 29 Pac. 495; Owen v.Insurance Co., 50 Hun, 455, 10

In the law of Louisiana, one which does not suspend the execution of the judgment appealed from. State v. Allen, 51 La. Ann. 1842, 20 South. 434.

To pass or be transferred from one person to another; to fall on, oraccrue to, one person as the successor of another; as, a title, right, office, liability. Theterm is said to

L. Fr. Dies; deceases. Bend- loe, 5.

Lat In Roman law. A division of the as, consisting of ten unciw; tentwelfths, or five-sixths. 2 Bl. Comm. 402, note m.

To shake hands in token of friendship; or to give up oneself to the power of another person.

In maritime law. The contract which takes place between the ownerof a ship, the captain, and the mariners, who agree that the voyage shall be for thebenefit of all. The term is

The office of a deacon.

A medical term, meaning the discovery of the source of a patient’s illnessor the determination of the nature of his disease from a study of its symptoms.Said to be little more than

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning.

A rhetorical figure in which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Enc. Lond.

Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatiseon the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others toRichard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of

A logical reasoning in a progressive manner, proceeding from one subject to another. Enc. Lond.

Daily food, or as much as will suffice for the day. Du Cange

In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman.

In old English law. A tally for accounts, by number of cuts, (taillecs,) marks,or notches. Cowell. See TALLIA, TAT.I.Y.

Small cubes of bone or ivory, marked with figures or devices on their severalsides, used in playing certain games of chance. See Wetmore v. State, 55 Ala. 198.