These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land. It is said to have beeu the quantity of twelve viodii; each modius

Lat. In Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance. Calvin.

e. Calvin. UNCLE. The brother of one’s father or mother. State v. Reedy, 44 Kan. 100, 24 Pac. 06; State v. Guiton, 51 La. Ann. 155, 24 South. 784.

That which Is contrary to the constitution. The opposite of “constitutional.” See State v. McCann. 4 Lea (Tenn.) 10; In re Rahrer (C. C.) 43 Fed. 558, 10 L. R. A. 444;

As an excuse for the commission of an act otherwise criminal, this term means an impulse towards its commission of such fixity and intensity that it cannot be resisted by the person

L. Fr. Still ready. A species of plea or replication by wliicb the party alleges that he is still ready to pay or perform all that is justly demanded of him. In

In Saxon law. Unknown; a stranger. A person entertained in the house of another was, on the first night of his entertainment, so called. Bract, fol. 1246.

Lat. In old English law. The name of the writ of dower, which lay for a widow, where no dower nt all had been assigned her within the time limited by law.

A term sometimes applied to one who is obliged to make his own defense when on trial, or in a civil cause. A cause is said to be undefended when the defendant

Words frequently used in conveyances of land which is subject to a mortgage, to show that the grantee takes subject to such mortgage. See Walker v. I’hysick. 5 Pa. 203; Moore’s Appeal,

Two officers who cleaved the tallies written by the clerk of the tallies, and read the same, that the clerk of the pell and comptrollers thereof might see their entries were true.

In conveyancing. A lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds. If a deed passes all the

An officer who acts directly under the sheriff, and performs all the duties of the sheriff’s office, a few only excepted where the personal presence of the high-sheriff is necessary. The sheriff

A tenant under one who is himself a tenant; one who liokls by under-lease.

In Louisiana. In every tutorship there shall be an uiuler- tutor, whom it shall lie the duty of the judge to appoint at the time letters of tutorship are certified for the

He who transacted the business of the lord high treasurer.

In Scotch criminal procedure, an accused person, in appearing to take his trial, is said “to compear and underlie the law.” Mozley & Whitley.

In the law of contracts. This is a loose and ambiguous term, unless it be accompanied by some expression to show that it constituted a meeting of the minds of parties upon

The phrase “it is understood,” when employed as a word of contract in a written agreement, has the same force as the words “it is agreed.” lliggiu- son v. Weld, 14 Gray

A promise, engagement, or stipulation. Each of the promises made by the parties to a contract, considered independently and not as mutual, may, in this sense, be denominated an “undertaking.” “Undertaking” is