A foreign coin, varying In value in different countries, but usually worth about $2.26 of our money.

In feudal and old English law. A duchy, the dignity or territory of a duke.

(Lat. Bring with you.) The name of certain species of writs, of whichthe subpoena duces tecum is the most usual, requiring a party who is suiumon’vJ toappear in court to bring with

(Bring with you, although sick.) In practice. An ancient writ, now obsolete, directed tothe sheriff, upon a return that he could not bring his prisoner without danger of death,he being adco languidus,

Those lands which formerly belonged to the dukes ofLancaster, and now belong to the crown in right of the duchy. The duchy is distinctfrom the county palatine of Lancaster, and Includes not

A tribunal of special jurisdiction, held before the chancellorof the duchy, or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands holden ofthe crown in right of the duchy of Lancaster;

See CASTIGATORY.

In French law. Guaranty ; equivalent to del credere, (which see.)

1. Just; proper; regular; lawful; sufficient; as in the phrases “due care,” “due process of law,” “due notice.”2. Owing; payable; justly owed. That which one contracts to pay or perform to another;

Just, proper, andsufficient care, so far as the circumstances demand it; ths absence of negligence. Thisterm, as usually understood in cases where the gist of the action is the defendant’snegligence, implies not

This phrase is synonymous with “due process of law.” or “the law of the land.” and the general definition thereof is “lawin its regular course of administration through courts of justice;” and.

No fixed rule can be established as to what shall constitute “duenotice.” “Due” is a relative term, and must be applied to each case in the exercise ofthe discretion of the court

Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const.264, 661. “Due process of law in each particular case means such an exercise of the powers of the

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. See Feeser v. Feeser, 03 Md. 716, 50 Atl. 400; Marrigan v. Page, 4

A duel is any combat with deadly weapons, fought between two or more persons,by previous agreement or upon a previous quarrel. Pen. Code Cal.

The trial by battel or judicial combat. See BATTEL.

Certain payments; rates or taxes. See Ward v. Joslin, 105 Fed. 227, 44 C. C.A. 456; Warwick v. Supreme Conclave, 107 Ga. 115, 32 S. E. 951; Whitman v. NationalBank, 176 U.

In English law, is a title of nobility, ranking immediately next to the Prince of Wales. It is only a title of dignity. Conferring it does not give any domain, territory, or

The name of a rack in the Tower, so called after a minister of Henry VI. who sought tointroduce it into England.

A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer. Wharton.