In practice. The holding of a court, with full form, and before all the judges; as a sitting in banc. 3 Steph. Comm. 423. The holding of a court of nisi prius

Lat. Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it See Boyd v. Selma, 90

THE. The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect prohibited the training of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited

A celebrated act entitled “An act for abolishing diversity of opinion,” (31 Hen. VIII. c. 14,) enforcing conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Catholic religion, under the severest

In English practice. Officers of tlie court of chancery, who received and filed all bills, answers, replications, and other papers, signed office copies of pleadings, examined and signed dockets of decrees, etc.,

In English law. A liquor license, containing a condition that the premises in respect of which the license is granted shall be closed during the whole of Sunday, granted under section 49

One drawn, indorsed, or accepted in blank.

Practical and familiar knowledge of the principles and processes of an art, science, or trade, combined with tbe ability to apply them in practice in a proper and approved manner and with

In old records. A long, flat, and narrow piece or strip of ground. Paroch. Antiq. 465.

See LETTERS OF SLAINS.

In torts. Oral defamation; the speaking of false and malicious words concerning another, whereby injury results to his reputation. See Pollard v. Lyon, 91 U. S. 227, 23 L. Ed. 308; Fredrickson

A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. Webster. One

The traffic in slaves, or the buying and selling of slaves for profit

The condition of a slave; that civil relation in which one man has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another. See, e.g., What Are Crimes Against Humanity?

This word, in an indictment, adds nothing to the force and effect of the word “kill,” when used with reference to the taking of human life. It is particularly applicable to the

A hurdle to draw traitors to execution. 1 Ilale, P. C. 82.

A dormant partner ; one whose name does not appear in the firm, and who takes no active part in the business, but who has an interest in the concern, and shares

In English law. An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same. It signifies a fixed or dead,

As to slight “Care,” “Evidence,” “Fault,” and “Negligence,” see those titles.

A stirrup. There is a tenure of land in Cambridgeshire by holding the sovereign’s stirrup. Wharton.