In default. Used in Louisiana of a debtor who fails to pay on demandaccording to the terms of his obligation. See Bryan v. Cox, 3 Mart. (La. N. S.) 574.En eschange il

Fr. In fact; in deed; actually.

Span. Judicially; in a court of law; in a suit at law. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. a c. 1.

Fr. In a mass; in a lump; at wholesale.

L. Fr. In a dead hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43.

L. Fr. In equal hand. The word “owel” occurs also in the phrase “owelty of partition.”

Fr. In French law. An expression employed to denote that anindorsement made in favor of a person does not transfer to him the property in the billof exchange, but merely constitutes an

Fr. On the way; in the course of a voyage or journey; in course oftransportation. McLean v. U. S., 17 CL CI. 90.

L. Fr. In its mother’s womb. A term descriptive of an unborn child. For some purposes the lawregards an infant en ventre as in being. It may take a legacy; have a

When the donor of a power, who is the owner of the estate,confers upon persons not seised of the fee the right of creating interests to take effectout of it, which could

The act of 32 Henry VIII. c. 28, by which tenants In tall, husbands seised in right of their wives, andothers, were empowered to make leases for their lives or for twenty-one

In Saxon law. The satisfaction for a crime; the recompense for a fault. Skene.

To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual introductoryformula in making laws is, “Be it enacted.” In re Senate File, 25 Neb. 8G4. 41 N. W. 981.

That part of a statute which declares its enactment and serves toidentify it as an act of legislation proceeding from the proper legislative authority.Various formulas are used for this clause, such as

L. Fr. To write down in short; to abbreviate, or, in old language,imbreviate; to put into a schedule. Britt. c. 1.

In the civil law. A kind of ink or writing fluid appropriate to the use of the emperor. Cod. 1, 23, 6.

Pregnant. See PREGNANCY.

The occasion, cause, or reason for which anything is done. Termes de la Ley.

In the Scotch law. To shut up a jury after the case has been submitted to them. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 634. See INCLOSE.

In Spanish law. A grant from the crown to a private person of acertain portion of territory in the Spanish colonies, together with the concession of acertain number of the native inhabitants,