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.

in public law, signifies either the nation which is at war with another, or acitizen or subject of such nation.

In international law, and particularly in the usage of prize courts, this term designates anyproperty which is engaged or used in illegal intercourse with the public enemy, whetherbelonging to an ally or

To Invest with an estate by feoffment. To make a gift of any corpon ahereditaments to another. See FEOFFMENT.

The act of investing with any dignity or possession; also the instrument or deed by which a person is invested with possessions.

In Spanish law. Emphyteusis. (

To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, toenforce a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v. Bush, 44Pa. 320, 84

To make free; to incorporate a man in a society or body politic.

The act of making free; giving a franchise or freedom to;investiture with privileges or capacities of freedom, or municipal or political liberty.Admission to the freedom of a city; admission to political rights,

In English law. The conversion of copyhold intofreehold tenure, by a conveyance of the fee- simple of the property from the lord of themanor to the copyholder, or by a release from

In French law. A contract. The obligation arising from a quasi contract The terms “obligation” and “engagement” are said to be synonymous, (17 Toullier,no. 1;) but the Code seems specially to apply

This is said to be a word of very general signification; and, when used in an act, its meaning must be sought out from the act itself, and the language which surrounds

L Fr. England.

In English law. A proceeding in the court of exchequer in matters of revenue.

This phrase may refer to the place where the marriage issolemnized, or it may refer to the nationality and domicile of the parties between whomit is solemnized, the place where the union

In copyright law. The art of producing on hard material incised orraised patterns, lines, and the like, from which an impression or print is taken. The termmay apply to a text or