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.

Lat While; as long as; until; upon condition that; provided that.

While he shall conduct himself well; during good behavior.Expressive of a tenure of office not dependent upon the pleasure of the appointingpower, nor for a limited period, but terminable only upon the

While the work glows; in the heat of action. 1 Kent, Comm. 120.

In English law. A writ which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprisonment, to restore tohim his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 &

(While he was within age.) In old English practice. A writ of entry whichformerly lay for an infant after he had attained his full age. to recover lands which hehad aliened in

While the offense was fresh. A term employed in the old law of appeal of rape. Bract, fol. 147.