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

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.