Robbers, or destroyers of other men’s lands and fortunes. Cowell.

Tackle or furniture ; outfit. Certain towns in England were boundto furnish certain ships at their own expense and with double skippage or tackle.Cowell.

To ship.

Shippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, “skippcson.” Cowell.

See ELISORS.

In old law. A hireling of servile condition.

Seniority; the

A period of time fixed by law or by a court within which certain acts are tobe performed, e. g., the production of papers, payment of debts, etc.

L. Fr. Spurs.

In Spanish law. A junction of all the separate papers made in thecourse of any one proceeding and which remains In the office at the close of it. Castillerov. U. S., 2

An old term for the products which the ground or land yields; as the hayof the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services,etc. The word has

A mutual promise between a man and a woman to marry each other atsome other time. It differs from a marriage, because then the contract is completed.Wood, Inst. 57.

Span. In Spanish law. A spurious child; one begotten on a womanwho has promiscuous intercourse with many men. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, c. 2,

In English law. A title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight.Also a title of oflice given to sheriffs, serjeants, and barristers at law, justices of thepeace, and others. 1 Bl.

Woodlands turned Into tillage by uprooting the trees and removing theunderwood.

That which is indispensable to that of which it is the essence.

A writ to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, bycharter or prescription, ought to be exempted from toll, where the same Is

v. In old English practice. To present or offer an excuse for not appearingin court on an appointed day in obedience to a summons; to cast an essoin. Spelman.This was anciently done

A person who made an essoin.Est aliqnid qnod non oportet etiam si licet; qnicquid vero non licet certe non oportet.Hob. 159. There is that which is not proper, even though permitted; but

It is to be understood or known; “it is to-wit.” Litt.