To deprive commonable lands of their commonable quality, by inclosing and appropriating or improving them.

In practice. Thetermination of an action, in consequence of the plaintiff’s omitting to continue the processor proceedings by proper entries on the record. 3 Bl. Comm. 296; 1 Tidd, Pr. 678;2 Arch.

The termination or suspension of an estate- tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled

Occasional; intermittent ; characterized by separate repeated acts; as, discontinuous easements and servitudes. See EASEMENT.

L. Fr. Improper; unfit Kelham

In a general sense, an allowance or deduction made from a gross sumon any account whatever. In a more limited and technical sense, the taking of Interestinadvance.By the language of the commercial

Not married; not subject to the disabilities of a coverture. It applies equally to a maid and a widow.

In a general sense, the ascertainment of that which was previously unknown; the disclosure or coming to light of what was previously hidden; the acquisition of notice or knowledge of given acts

To destroy or impair the credibility of a person ; to impeach ; to lessenthe degree of credit to be accorded to a witness or document, as by impugning the veracityof the

A difference between two things which ought to be identical, asbetween one writing and another; a variance, (

A liberty or privilege allowed to a judge, within the confines of right and justice, but independent of narrow and unbending rules of positive law, to decide and act in accordance with

Such as are not marked out on fixed lines, but allow acertain amount of discretion in their exercise. Those which cannot be duly administeredwithout the application of a certain degree of prudence

In the civil law. A proceeding, at the instance of a surety, by which the creditor is obliged to exhaust theproperty of the principal debtor, towards the satisfaction of the debt before

In construing a policy of life insurance, it is generally true that before anytemporary ailment can be called a “disease,” it must be such as to Indicate a vice in theconstitution, or

In English law. An enrolled assurance barring an entail,pursuant to 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74.

To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; to deprive of chartered rights and immunities; to deprive of any franchise, as of the right of voting in elections, etc.

The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of acorporation of his right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 102. Richards v.Clarksburg, 30 W. Va. 401, 4 S.

In English law. To deprive lands of that principal quality of gavelkindtenure by which they descend equally among all the sons of the tenant. 2 Wood. Lect70; 2 Bl. Comm. 85.

Ignominy; shame; dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. 13 How. State Tr. 17, 334.

A counterfeit habit; a dress intended to conceal the person who wears it. Webster.Anything worn upon the person with the intention of so altering the wearer’sappearance that he shall not be recognized