Agreement of all the persons concerned, in holding one and the same opinion or determination of any matter or question; as the concurrence of a jury in deciding upon their verdict.

Payment in gross, on an estimate as to amount, and where the merchant, on a final liquidation, will be entitled by law to allowances or de- ductions which do not depend on

Not necessarily an accident which it was physically impossible, in the nature of things, for the person to have prevented, but one not occasioned in any degree, either remotely or directly, by

In Saxon law. An oath by relations not to avenge a relation’s death. Blount.

Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, e. g., a will, as to render It unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no

Lat. In Roman law. An ounce; the twelfth of the Roman “as,” or pound. The twelfth part of anything; the proportion of one-twelfth. 2 Bl. Comm. 4G2, note m.

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.