Money formerly collected and raised in London, and the several counties of England, towards providing harness and maintenance for the militia, etc.

In common-law practice, the action of trover (or trover and conversion) Is a species of action on the case, and originally lay for the recovery of damages against a person who had

A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.

In international law. A suspension or temporary cessation of hostilities by agreement between belligerent powers; an armistice. Wheat. Int. Law, 442.

In English law. This name is given to the statute 1 & 2 Wm. IV. c. 37, passed to abolish what is commonly called the “truck system,” under which employers were in

Conformable to fact; correct; exact; actual; genuine; honest “In one sense, that only is true which is conformable to the actual state of things. In that sense, a statement is untrue which

1. An equitable or beneficial right or title to land or other property, held for the beneficiary by another person, in whom resides the legal title or ownership, recognized and enforced by

The person appointed, or required by law, to execute a trust; one in whom an estate, interest, or power is vested, under an express or implied agreement to administer or exercise it

In Scotch law. The maker y or creator of a trust.

In old European law. Trust; faith; confidence; fidelity.

A word occasionally, though rarely, used as a designation of the creator, donor, or founder of a trust

To examine judicially; to examine and investigate a controversy, by the legal method called “trial,” for the purpose of determining the issues it involves.

Lat. Have or take your things to yourself. The form

In mercantile law. A measure containing sixty pounds of tea, and from fifty- six to eighty-six pounds of camphor. Jacob.

In English law. A barrister who has a preaudience in the exchequer, and also one who has a particular place in court, is so called. Brown.

In Spanish law. Objections or exceptions to witnesses. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 7, c. 10.

In Spanish law. Tort Las Partidas, pt 7, tit 6, 1. 5.

A steam vessel built for towing; synonymous with “tow-boat.”

Lat. Iu Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground. Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the first prison In Rome. Adams,