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.

While sole, or single. Dum sola fucrit, while she shallremain sole. Dum sola et casta vix- crit. while she lives single and chaste. Words oflimitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt. 235

One who cannot speak; a person who is mute.

In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the ownerwill take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under acandlestick, or other thing,

Provided; provided that. A word of limitation In the Latin forms ofconveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation; as in reserving a rent

A mountain or high open place. The names of places ending in dun or donwere either built on hills or near them in open places.

In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell.

Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in thestrongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.

A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing.

Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of avessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect of leakage, according to its nature andquality. Abb. Shipp. 227.There is

People that dwell o:i hilly places or mountains. Jacob.Duo non possunt in solido unam rem possidere. Two cannot possess one thing inentirety. Co. Litt. 30S.Duo sunt instrument a ad omnes res ant

The trial by twelve men, or by jury. Applied to juries de medietate Ungues. Mol. de Jure Mar. 448.

Twelve hands. The oaths of twelve men, including himself, bywhom the defendant was allowed to make his law. 3 Bl. Comm. 343.

In old records. A Jury ot twelve men. Cowell.

A dozen hands, i. e., twelve witnesses to purge a criminal of an offense.Duorum in solidum dominium vel pos- ?essio esse non potest. Ownership or possessionin entirety cannot be in two persons