L. Fr. A standard, (of weights and measures.) So called because itstands constant and immovable, and hath all other measures coming towards it fortheir conformity. Termes de la Ley.

Wears or kiddles in rivers.

1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject ofproperty. 1 Brest. Est. 20. And see Van Itensselaer v. Boucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; Beallv. Holmes,

An estate in fee-simple. Glan. 1. 7, c. 1.

The interest of a tenant who has come rightfully intopossession of lands by permission of the owner, and continues to occupy the same afterthe period for which he is entitled to hold

An estate which several persons hold as one heir,whether male or female. This estate has the three unities of time, title, and iwssession;but the interests of the coparceners may be unequal. 1

One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time;a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. These are remainders and reversions.Fenton

The estate which a man has where lands are given to himand to his heirs absolutely without any end or limit put to his estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 100;Plowd. 557; 1 Prest.

An estate in lands or tenements granted to two ormore persons, to hold in fee-simple, fee- tail, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm.180; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 937.

An estate limited to take effect in possession, or inenjoyment, or in both, subject only to any term of years or contingent interest that mayIntervene, immediately after the regular expiration of a

A species of estate in expectancy, created by operation oflaw, being the residue of an estate left in tlie grantor, to commence in possession afterthe determination of some particular estate granted out

See ESTATE IN FEE- TAIL.

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, aud the commonsof Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the “three estates.”

An ensign for horsemen in war.

L. Fr. To appear before a tribunal either as plaintiff ordefendant. Kelharu.

This word is used to express the mind or judgment of the speaker orwriter on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a calculation or computation,as to estimate the gain or loss

To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent ; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL.

A bar or impediment raised by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimonyor estovers. Obsolete.

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his orher support, as for food and raiment.An allowance (more commonly called “alimony”) granted to a woman divorced