Lat. In the civil law. Form; figure; fashion or shape. A form or shape given to materials. A particular thing; as distinguished from “genus.”

Having a certain form or designation ; observing a certain form ; par- ticular; precise. As to specific “Denial,” “Devise,” “Legacy,” and “Performance,” see those titles.

Gilbert v. U. S.. 1 Ct. CI. 34; State v. Kendall, 15 Neb. 202, 18 N. W. S5; Wilson v. Coon (C. C.) 0 Fed. 014. In military law. Tbe clear and

A sample; a part of something intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole. People v. Freeman, 1 Idaho, 322.

In commerce. The act or practice of buying lands, goods, etc.. in expectation of a rise of price and of selling them at an advance, as distinguished from a regular trade, in

An execution which, by the direction of the judge at nisi prius. issues forthwith, or on some early day fixed upon by the judge for that purpose after the trial of the

In criminal law. As secured by constitutional guaranties, a speedy trial means a trial conducted according to fixed rules, regulations, and proceedings of law, free from vexatious, capricious, and oppressive delays manufactured

The formation of words by letters; orthography. Incorrect spelling does not vitiate a written instrument If the intention clearly appears.

A person who by excessive drinking, gaming, idleness, or de- bauchery of any kind shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to expose himself or his family to want or

That of which there is hope. Thus a debt which one may hope to recover may be called “sperate,” in opposition to “desperate.” See 1 Chit. Pr. 520.

Lat. The hope of recovery or recapture; the chance of retaking property captured at sea, which prevents the captors from acquiring complete ownership of the property until they have definitely precluded it

The sealer of the royal writs.

The addition given, in legal proceedings, and in conveyancing, to a wo- man who never has been married.

Those profits which a bishop receives in his ecclesiastical character, as the dues arising from his ordaining and instituting priests, and such like, in contradistinction to those profits which he acquires in

In ecclesiastical law. The tithes of land, etc. Wharton.

These are inflammable liquids produced by distillation, and forming an article of commerce. See Rlankenship v. State, 93 Ga. 814, 21 S. E. 130; State v. Munger, 15 Vt. 293; Allred v.

A charitable foundation; a hospital for diseased people; a hospital. Cowell.

Dividing a single cause of action, claim, or demand into two or more parts, and bringing suit for one of such parts only, intending to reserve the rest for a separate action.

In English ecclesiastical law. An injury done by one clerk or incumbent to another, in taking the fruits of his benefice without any right to them, but under a pretended title. 3

Lat. A spoiler or destroyer. It is a maxim of law, bearing chiefly on evidence, but also upon the value generally of the thing destroyed, that everything most to his disadvantage is