Ecclesiastical divisions of parishes in England, forall purposes of worship, and for the celebration of marriages, christenings, church- ings.and burials, formed at the instance of the queen’s commissioners for building newchurches. See

By the English judicature act, 1873, $ CO, it is provided that to facilitate proceedings in country districts the crownmay, from time to time, by order in council, create district registries, and

A territory situated on the Potomac river, and being theseat of government of the United States. It was originally ten miles square, and wascomposed of portions of Maryland and Virginia ceded by

Lat. A distress; a distraint. Cowell.

In English practice. A writ directed to the sheriff of the county inwhich a defendant resides, or has any goods or chattels, commanding him to distrainupon the goods and chattels of the

A writ to distrain the goods of one wholately filled the office of sheriff, to compel him to do some act which he ought to havedone before leaving the office; as to

A writ of distringas, directed to the coroner, may be issued against a sheriff if he neglects to execute a writ of venditioniexponas. Arch. Pr. 584.

1. Any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation, or derangementto another, or interrupting his peace, or Interfering with him in the pursuit of a lawfuland appropriate occupation. Richardson v. State, 5 Tex. App.

The doing any act by which the right of another to his commonis incommoded or diminished; as where one who has no right of common puts hiscattle into the land, or where

The hindrance or obstruction of a patron from presenting his clerk to a benefice. 3 Bl. Comm. 242; 3Steph. Comm. 514.

Interruption of the peace, quiet, and good order of a neighborhood or community, particularly by unnecessary anddistracting noises. City of St. Charles v. Meyer, 58 Mo. 89; Yokum v. State (Tex. Cr.

If a bishop refuse or neglect to examine or admit a patron’s clerk,without reason assigned or notice given, he is styled a “disturber” by the law, and shaUnot have any title to

The words “ditch” aud “drain” have no technical or exact meaning. Theyboth may mean a hollow space in the ground, natural or artificial, where water iscollected or passes ofE. Goldthwait v. East

L. Fr. Say over. The form of awarding a respotideas ouster, in the l’ear Books, M. 6 Edw. III. 49.

In Scotch law. A technical term iu civil law, signifying the matter of chargeor ground of indictment against a person accused of crime. Talcing up dittay isobtaining informations and presentments of crime

Various, several, sundry; a collective term grouping a number of unspecifiedpersons, objects, or acts. Com. v. Butts, 124 Mass. 452; State v. Hodgson, 66Vt. 134, 28 Atl. 1089; Munro v. Alaire, 2

A turning aside or altering the natural course of a thing. The term ischiefly applied to the unauthorized changing the course of a water-course to the prejudiceof a lower proprietor. Merritt v.

A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction, written inFrench in the reign of Edward III. as is supposed, and by some attributed to Fitzherbert.It was first printed in 1525, and again in

In criminal pleading. A plea by the prisoner in bar of execution, allegingthat he is not the same who was attainted, upon which a jury is immediately impaneledto try the collateral issue

Lat. With a different vtow, purpose, or design; in a differentview or point of view; by a different course or process. 1 W. Bl. 89; 4 Kent, Comm. 211, note.