An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income. Timores vani sunt sestimandi qui non cadunt in constantem virum. 7 Coke, 17. Fears which do

is a custom regulating the manner in which tin is obtained from waste-land, or land which has formerly been waste-land, within certain districts in Corn- wall and Devon. The custom is described

L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelham.

Sax. In old forest law. A petty ofiicer of the forest who had the care of vert aud venison by night, and performed other servile duties.

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount.

The ancient parliament or annual convention in the Isle of Mau, held upou Midsummer-day, at St John’s chapel. Cowell.

Fishermen who destroyed the young fry ou the river Thames by nets and unlawful engines. Cowell.

In old Scotch law. The sea-mark; high-water mark. Tide-mouth. Skene.

A tribute paid for the liberty of digging in tiu-miues. Cowell.

In Scotch law. The loss of the feu, from allowing two years of feu duty to run iuto the third unpaid. Bell.

A place where intoxicating driuks are sold in drams or small quantities to be drunk on the premises, and where men resort for drinking purposes. See Leesburg v. Putuam, 103 Ga. 110,

In English law. An officer appointed by the marshal of the king’s bench to attend upon the judges with a kind of rod or staff tipped with silver, who take iuto their

One who gathers tithes.

In English law. The tenth part of the increase, yearly arising and renewing from the profits of lands, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. 2 Rl. Conuu.

One of the civil divisions of England, being a portion of that greater di- vision called a “hundred.” It was so called because ten freeholders with their families composed one. It Is

In Saxon law. Tills was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-coustable or peace-of- ficer. In modern law.

In Saxon and old English law. Money paid to the sheriff by the several tithings of his county. Cowell.

In Roman law. A proper name, frequently used in designating an indefinite or fictitious person, or a person referred to by way of illustration. “Titius” and “Seius,” in this use, correspond to

The radical meaning of this word appears to be that of a mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the way by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons,

title to lands.