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.

The message or commission given by a sovereign orstate to a minister, called an “ambassador,” empowered to treat or communicate withanother sovereign or state; also the establishment of an ambassador.

The fraudulent appropriation to his own use or benefit of property or money in trusted to him by another, by a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer, or other person acting in a

In the Roman law. Alterations, modifications, and additions to the writings of the older jurists,selected to make up the body of the Pandects, introduced by Tribonian and hisassociates who constituted the commission

The vegetable chattels called “emblements” are the corn and othergrowth of the earth which are produced annually, not spontaneously, but by labor andindustry, and thence are called “fructus in- dustriales.” Reiff v.

L. Fr. A stealing from the people. The phrase occurs in the oldrolls of parliament: “Whereas divers murders, emblert de gentz, and robberies are committed,” eta

A person guilty of the offense of embracery, (g. v.) See Co. Litt 369.

In criminal law. This offense consists in the attempt to influence a jurycorruptly to one side or the other, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, entertainments,douceurs, and the like. The person guilty of it

Amends; something given in reparation for a trespass; or, in old Saxontimes, in compensation for an injury or crime. Spelman.

An old word still made use of in the accounts of the society of the InnerTemple, where so much in cmcndals at the foot of an account on the balance thereofsignifies so

In Saxon law. To make amends or satisfaction for any crime or trespasscommitted; to pay a fine: to be fined. Spelman. Emcndare se. to redeem, or ransomone’s life, by payment of a

In old English law. Amendment, or correction. The power of amending and correcting abuses, according tocertain rules and measures. Cowell.In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an injury; the same as emenda,

In old English law. The power of supervising and correcting the weights and measures ofbread and ale, (assising bread and beer.) Cowell.

To arise; to come to light. “Unless a matter happen to emerge after issue joined.” Hale, Anal.

The epoch or date whence any people begin to compute their time.