In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rebutter. Steph. PI. 59.

In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rejoinder. Steph. l’l. 59.

A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an im- mediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater

Stealthily or fraudulently done, taken away, or introduced.

the court o] ordinary, court of probate, etc., relating to matters of probate, etc. 2 Kent, Comm. 409, note b. And see Robinson v. Fair, 128 U. S. 53, 9 Sup. Ct.

L. Fr. In old English law. Neglect; omission; default; cessation.

Lat. In old conveyancing. To render up ; to surrender.

Lat. A surrender.

The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its contents ascer- tained ; also a statement of the result of such survey, with the courses and distances and the

One who makes surveys of land ; one who has the overseeing or care of another person’s land or works.

The living of one of two or more persons after the death of the other or others. Survivorship is where a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived

An abbreviation of “suspcndatur per collum,” let him he hanged by the neck. Words formerly used in England in signing judgment against a prisoner who was to be executed; being written by

To interrupt; to cause to cease for a time; to stay, delay, or hinder; to discontinue temporarily, but with an expectation or purpose of resumption. To forbid a public officer, attorney, or

In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made.

A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. Thus, we speak of a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, of a statute, of the power of alienating

In the criminal laws of some of the states, a person who is known or strongly suspected to be an habitual criminal, or against whom there is reasonable cause to believe that

The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton.

A person who, as a business, follows an army and sells provisions and liquor to the troops.

Lat To render to every one his own. One of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian.

Lat In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin.