Lat. To apf.ear before a tribunal, either as ulaintiff or defendant. BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

The old term for contract or obligation among the Jews, being a corruption from the Hebrew word “shctar,” a covenant. By an ordinance of Richard I., no starr was allowed to be

A body politic, or society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their combined strength. Cooley, Const. Lim. 1. One

the state and others partaking in some degree of that character, from the ninth year of Hen. II. to the first of Geo. IV.

Formerly, when a master in chancery was directed by the court of chancery to make an inquiry or investigation into any matter arising out of a suit, and which could not conveniently

In English lunacy practice, when a person has been found a lunatic, the uext step is to submit to the master a scheme called a “state of facts and proposal,” showing what

A narrative of the facts upon which the plaintiff relies, sub- stituted for a more formal declaration, in suits in the inferior courts. The phrase is used in New Jersey.

Settled; closed. An account stated means an account settled, and at an end. Pull. Acc’ts, 33. “In order to constitute an account stated, there must be a state- meut of some certain

In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact. The term has come to be used of a variety of formal narratives of facts, required by law in various

A freeholder and farmer In Cumberland. Wharton.

Lat. Forthwith; immediately. In old English law, this term meant either “at once,” or “within a legal time,” i. e., such time as permitted the legal and regular performance of the act

Exhibiting, or listing in their order, the items which make up an account.

That part of a bill in chancery in which the plaintiff states the facts of his case; it is distin- guished from the charging part of the bill and from the prayer.

In the civil law. A place where ships may ride in safety. Dig. 50, 16. 59.

In English law. The hall of the stationers’ company, at which every person claiming copyright in a book must register his title, in order to be able to bring actions against persons

In English law. A government office established as a department of the treasury, for the purpose of supplying government offices with stationery and books, and of printing and publishing government papers.

A statesman; a politician; one skilled iu government.

ranging facts illustrative of the condition and resources of a state. The subject is sometimes divided into (1) historical statistics, or facts which illustrate the former con- dition of a state; (2)

Lat. In Roman law. One who is made free by will under a condition ; one who has his liberty fixed and appointed at a certain time or on a certain condition.

The status of a person is his legal position or condition. Thus, when we say that the status of a woman after a decree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage with