In the civil law. Compen- satiou or set-oil.

The act by which the unpaid vendor of goods stops their progress and resumes possession of them, while they are in course of transit from him to the purchaser, and not yet

Storing Is the keeping merchandise for safe custody, to be delivered in tlie same condition as when received, where tbe safe-keeping is the principal object of deposit and not the consumption or

In Scotch law. Formerly this word included every species of theft accompanied with violence to the person. but of late years it has become the rox siqnata for forcible and masterful depredation

violent depredation on tlie highway, or accompanied by house-breaking. Alis. Prin. Scotch Law 227.

In maritime law. The storing, packing, or arranging of the cargo iu a ship, in such a mauner as to protect the goods from friction, bruising, or damage from leakage. Money paid

Iu old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 40.

In stock-brokers’ parlance the term means the double privilege of a “put” and a “call,” and secures to the holder the right to demand of the seller at a certain price withiu

L. Lat. A man of straw, oue of no substance, put forward as bail or surety.

A shore or bank of the sea or a river. Doane v. Willcutt, 5 Gray (Mass.) 335, 00 Am. Dec. 309; Hell v. Hayes, U0 App. Div. 382. 09 X. Y. Supp.

Iu maritime law. The drifting, driving, or running aground of a ship on a shore or strand. Accidental stranding takes place where the ship is driven on shore by the winds and

Any person not withiu tlie consideration of natural love and affection arising from relationship.

By this term is intended third persons generally. Thus the persons bound by a fiue are parties, privies, and strangers; tlie parties are either the cogni- zors or cognizees; the privies are

A deception either by words or actions, iu times of war, in order to obtain au advantage over an enemy.

A military government ; government by military chiefs of an army.

In old English law. A surveyor of the highways.

See BAIL.

See ESTRAY.

A current of water; a body of liowiug water. The word, in its ordinary sense, includes rivers. But Callis detines a stream “a current of waters ruuuiiig over the level at random,

An urban way or thoroughfare ; a road or public way in a city, towu, or village, generally paved, aud lined or intended to be lined by houses on each side. See