Lat. In the civil and common law. A thing violently or unlawfully taken from another.

Lat. In the civil law. I undertake; I engage. Inst. 3, 16, 1.

Lat. Do you undertake? I do undertake. The most common form of verbal stipulation in the Roman law. Inst 3, 16, 1. Spondet peritiam artis. He promises the skill of his art;

Lat. In the civil law. Espousal; betrothal; a reciprocal promise of future marriage.

Lat In the civil law. An engagement or undertaking; particularly such as was made in the form of an answer to a formal interrogatory by the other party. Calvin. An engagement to

In international law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers (as generals or admirals in time of war) in behalf of their governments, either without authority or in excess of the

A surety; one who makes a promise or gives security for another, partic- ularly a godfather in baptism. In the civil law. One who intervenes for another voluntarily and without being re-

Lat. A free gift or present to the crown. Sponte virnm mnlier fugiens et adul- tera facta, dote sua careat, nisi sponsi sponte retracta. Co. Litt 326. Let a SPORTULA 1103

woman leaving her husband of her own accord, and committing adultery, lose her dow- er, unless taken back by her husband of his own accord.

Lat. In Roman law. A largess, dole, or present; a pecuniary donation; an official perquisite; something over and above the ordinary fee allowed by law. Inst. 4, 6, 24.

In old English law. Adultery. Cowell.

A fountain of water; an issue of water from the earth, or the basin of water at the place of its issue. Webster. A natural chasm in which water has collected, aud

See USE.

In Scotch law. The taking away or meddling with movables in another’s possession, without the consent of the owner or authority of law. Bell.

Not proceeding from the true source; not genuine; counterfeited. “A spurious bank-bill may be a legitimate impression from the genuine plate, but it must have the signatures of persons not the officers

Lat. In the civil law. A bastard; the offspring of promiscuous cohabitation.

A person sent into an enemy’s camp to inspect their works, ascertain their strength and their intentions, watch their movements, and secretly communicate intel- ligence to the proper officer. By the laws

As used to designate a certain portion of land within the limits of a city or town, this term may be synonymous with “block,” that is, the smallest subdivision which is bounded

In American law. One who settles on another’s land, particularly on public lands, without a title. See O’Donnell v. Mclntyre, 16 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 84; Park- ersburg Industrial Co. v.

A contraction of “esquire.”