A gold coin of the United States of the value of twenty dollars.

A system of mercantile book-keeping, in which the entries in the day-book, etc., are posted twice into the ledger. First, to a personal account, that is, to the account of the person

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was called a “double fine,” because it comprehended the finesur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine sur concessit.

A possibility upon a possibility. 2 Bl. Comm. 170.

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, untilthe time of his quitting possession. St. 11 Geo.

The taxing of the same item or piece of property twice to the same person, or taxing it as theproperty of one person and again as the property of another; but this

In patent law. An application of a principle or process, previously known and applied, to some new use, but which does not lead to a new result or the production of a

In English law. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after his landlord’s notice to quit. By 4 Geo. II. c. 28. $1. it is enacted that if any tenant

This was when a common recovery was had, and an estate of freehold was first conveyed to anyindifferent person against whom the prcccipe was brought, and then he vouched thetenant in tail,

When a tenant bound to repair suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he issaid-to commit double waste. Co. Litt. 53.

A will in which two persons join, each leaving his property and estate to the other, so that the survivor takes thewhole. Evans v. Smith, 28 Ga. 98, 73 Am. Dec. 751.

Letters-patent. Cowell.

Uncertainty of mind; the absence of a settled opinion or conviction; theattitude of mind towards the acceptance of or belief in a proposition, theory, orstatement, in which the judgment is not at

One as to the validity of which there exists some doubt, either asto matter of fact or of law; one which invites or exposes the party holding it tolitigation. Distinguished from a

L. Fr. A gift. Otherwise written “don” and “done.” The thirty-fourth chapter of Britton is entitled “De Douns.”

Doves are animals ferce natures, and not the subject of larceny unless theyare in the owner’s custody; as, for example, in a dove-house, or when in the nestbefore they can fly. Com.

Subject to be charged with dower ; as dowable lands. Entitled or entitling to dower. Thus, a dowable interest in lands is such as entitles the owner to have such lands charged

A widow who is endowed, or who has a jointure in lieu of dower. InEngland, this is a title or addition given to the widows of princes, dukes, earls, audother noblemen, to

The widow of the king. As such she enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. It is nottreason to conspire her death or violate her chastity, because the

The provision wBich the law makes for a widow out of the lauds or tenementsof her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a;2 Bl. Comm. 130;