Over-swearing. A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so

In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one’s expenses exceed the receipts.

An agent of the owner of goods shipped as cargo on a vessel, who has charge of the cargo on board, sells the same to the best advantage in the foreign market,

Lat In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18,

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also

In medical jurisprudence. The formation of a fcrtus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster.

Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

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In English law. An ofiicer who superintends the registers of births, deaths, and marriages. There is one in every poor-law union in England and Wales.

Higher; more elevated in rank or office. Possessing larger power. Entitled to command, Influence, or coutrol over another. In estates, some are superior to others. An estate entitled to a servitude or

In Scotch law. The dominium directum of lands, without the profit. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 97.

Lat In Roman law. Advocates who were not registered or enrolled and did not belong to the college of advocates. They were not attached to any local jurisdiction. See STATUTI.

Lat. Surcharging a common; i. e., putting in beasts of a num ber or kind other than the right of common allows.

In old English law. Overplus ; surplus; residue or balance. Bract, fol. 301; Spelman.

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent, or that the

Lat In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously issued. It directs the officer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another

In English law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods, or chattels are given, secured, or appointed for and towards the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass, for the maintenance of

cuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon

Something added to supply defects in the thing to which it is added, or in aid of which it is made.

See OATH.