SOWLEGROVE
February; so called In South Wales. Cowell.
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February; so called In South Wales. Cowell.
In Scotch law. Terms used to express the form by which the number of cattle brought upon a common by those having a servitude of pasturage may be justly proportioned to the
In old English law. To be leviable. An old exchequer term applied to sheriff’s returns. 4 Inst. 107; Cowell; Spelman.
Lat. A sword-bearer. Blount
Lat In the civil law. Impotent persons. Those who, on account of their temperament or some accident they have suffered, are unable to procreate. Inst. 1, 11, 9; Dig. 1, 7, 2,
Lat. Here and there; scattered ; at intervals. For instance, trespass to realty by cutting timber sparsim (here and there) through a tract
In old English law. A court for the speedy execution of justice upon military delinquents. Cowell.
In practice. To argue. “The ease was ordered to be spoke to again.” 10 Mod. 107. See IMPARLANCE; SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR.
This Is the official designation of the president or chairman of certain legislative bodies, particularly of the house of representatives in the congress of the United States, of one or both branches
See DEMURRER.
See ORDER.
A method of compounding an offense, allowed in the English practice, where the court permits a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor to speak with the prosecutor before judgment is pronounced; if the
A writing sealed and delivered, containing some agreement. A writing sealed and delivered, which is given as a security for the payment of a debt, in which such debt is particularly specified.
1. Coin of the precious metals, of a certain weight and fineness, and bearing the stamp of the government, denoting its value as currency. Trebilcock v. Wilson, 12 Wall. 005, 20 L.
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
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