Wandering; Itinerant; applied to justices on circuit, and bailiffs at large, etc.

In old law. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell.

Involving error; deviating from the law. This term is never used bycourts or law-writers as designating a corrupt or evil act Thompson v. Doty, 72 Ind.338.

Lat Erroneously; through error or mistake.

A mistaken judgment or incorrect belief as to the existence or effect of mattersof fact, or a false or mistaken conception or application of the law.Such a mistaken or false conception or

In old English law. A meeting of the neighborhood to compromisedifferences among themselves; a court held on the boundary of two lauds.Erubescit lex Alios castigare parentes.8 Coke, 110. The law blushes when

In old law. A cutting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman.

To scald. It Is said that to scald hogs was one of the ancient tenures In serjeanty. Wharton.

In old English law. A writ of exchange. A license in the shape of a writ,formerly granted to an English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another inforeign parts. Reg.

An old English law term, signifying exchange.

The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfullyimprisoned, before he is entitled to his liberty by the process of law.The voluntarily or negligently allowing any person lawfully

That which comes by chance or accident. Cowell.

In feudal law. Escheat Is an obstruction of the course of descent, andconsequent determination of the tenure, by some unforeseen contingency, in whichcase the land naturally results back, by a kind of

In English law. The name of an officer who was appointed in everycounty to look after the escheats which fell due to the king in that particular county,and to certify the same

In old English law. A jury or inquisition.

To build or equip. Du Cange.

A tax formerly paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of thecommunity, which is called “scot and lot.”

In Spanish law. An officer, resembling a notary in French law, who hasauthority to set down in writing, aud verify by his attestation, transactions aud contractsbetween private persons, and also judicial acts

In Spanish law. A written instrument. Every deed that is made by thehand of a public escribano, or notary of a corporation or council (concejo,) or sealedwith the seal of the king

Fr. Fraud, swindling, cheating.