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,

In criminal law. To instigate ; to incite to action; to give courage to; toInspirit; to embolden; to raise confidence; to make confident. Comitez v. Parkerson (C.C.) 50 Fed. 170; True v.

An encroachment upon a street or highway is a fixture, such as awall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the highway or incloses a portion of it,diminishing its width or area,

See INCUMBER.

See INCUMBRANCE.

Object; intent. Things are construed according to the end. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 10.

In mining law, the end lines of a claim, as platted or laid down on theground, are those which mark its boundaries on the shorter dimension, where it crossesthe vein, while the

To make free; to enfranchise.

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the muscular tissue of the heart.

See INDORSE.

In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctivelyknown as “endowed schools;” and a series of acts of parliament regulatingthem are known as the “endowed schools acts.” Mozley & Whitley.

1. The assignment of dower; the setting off a woman’s dower. 2 Bl.Comm. 135.2. In appropriations of churches, (in English law,) the setting off a sufficient maintenancefor the vicar in perpetuity. 1

In life insurance. A policy which is payable when the insuredreadies a given age. or upon his decease, if that occurs earlier. Carr v. Hamilton, 129 U.S. 252, 9 Sun. Ct. 295.