By their or Its own force. 2 Kent, Comm. 457.

From quasi contract. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 00.

Upon relation or information. Legal proceedings which are institutedby the attorney general (or other proper person) in the name and behalf of the state,but on the information and at the instigation of

According to the rigor or strictness of law; in strictness of law. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10,

From writings formerly seen. A term used as descriptiveof that kind of proof of handwriting where the knowledge has been acquired by thewitness having seen letters or other documents professing to be

In the civil law. An action of stipulation. An action given to recover marriage portions. Inst. 4, 0, 29.

From or in consequence of time; by lapse of time. Bract fols. 51, 52.Ex diuturno tempore, from length of time. Id. fol. 516. Without preparation or premeditation.

From, by, or under a will. The opposite of ab intestato, (‘/

Of one part or side; on one side. Ex uno disces omnes. From one thing you can discern all. On both sides.

Related on the side of both parents ; of the whole blood. Hale, Coin. Law, c. 11.

From or by the force of the term. From the very meaning of the expression used. 2 Bl. Comm. 109, 115.

From the bowels. From the vital part, the very essence of thething. 10 Coke, 246; Homer v. Shelton, 2 Mete. (Mass.) 213. Ex visceribus verborum,from the mere words and nothing else. 1

From sight of the writing; from having seen a person write.A term employed to describe one of the modes of proof of handwriting. Best, Pres. 218.

free-will or choice.Voluntarily; from

The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment Is due. Between

In the civil law. A gatherer or receiver of money; a collector of taxes. Cod. 10, 19.In old English law. A collector of the public moneys; a tax-gatherer. Thus, exactorregis was the

L. Lat A trial. Ex amen computi, tlie balance of an account Townsh. PI.223.

An Investigation; search; interrogating.In trial practice. The examination of a witness consists of the series of questions putto him by a party to the action, or his counsel, for the purpose of

A copy of a record,public book, or register, and which has been compared with the original. 1 Campb. 469.

In English law. A person appointed by a court to take the examination ofwitnesses in an action, i. e., to take down the result of their interrogation by the partiesor their counsel,