Relating to the distribution of alms, bounty, or charity; charitable.

See CORPORATIONS.

In the civil law. Accurately ; with discrimination. Veazie v. Williams, 3 Storv. 611, 636, Fed. Cas. No. 16,907

(Lat. lie has chosen.) This is the name, in English practice, of a writ ofexecution first given by the statute of Westm. 2 (13 Edw. I. c. IS) either upon ajudgment for

The forces of nature. The elements are the means through which God acts, and “damages by the elements” means the same thing as “damages by the act of God.” Polack v. Pioche,

As applied to a candidate for an elective office, this term means capableof being chosen ; the subject of selection or choice; and also implies competency tohold the office if chosen. Demaree

In old English law. The act of banishing or turning out of doors; rejection.

The punishment of cutting out the tongue.

In practice. Electors or choosers. Persons appointed by the court toexecute writs of venire, in cases where both the sheriff and coroner are disqualifiedfrom ac ting, and whose duty is to choose

In the civil law. A will or testament.

In practice. (Fr. Eloigner, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.) Areturn to a writ of replevin, when the chattels have been removed out of the way of thesheriff.

The getting a tiling or person out of the way ; or removing it to adistance, so as to be out of reach. Garneau v. Mill Co., 8 Wash. 407, 36 Pac.

In practice. Eloigned; carried away to a distance. The old form of thereturn made by a sheriff to a writ of replevin, stating that the goods or beasts had beeneloigned; that is,

In England, where in a proceeding by foreign attachment the plaintiff has obtained judgment of appraisement, hut by reason of some act of the garnisheethe goods cannot be appraised, (as where he

The act of a wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit withanother man. 2 Bl. Comm. 130. To constitute an elopement, the wife must not onlyleave the husband, but go beyond

In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vern. 4, and note.In shipping articles, this term, following the designation of the port of destination,must be construed either as void for uncertainty

In old pleading. Spring tides. Townsh. PI. 197.

The act by which one who was unfree. or under the power and control of another, is set at liberty and made his own master. Fremont v. Sandowu, 50 N. H. 303;

An executive proclamation, declaring that all persons heldin slavery in certain designated states and districts were and should remain free. It wasissued January 1, 1S03, by Abraham Lincoln, as president of the

A proclamation or order of state, usually issued in time of war or threatenedhostilities, prohibiting the departure ofships or goods from some or all the ports of such state until further order.