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

Agreed; assumed. Tills is the technical word to be used in alleging the promise which forms the basis of an action of assumpsit.

The person who Insures another in a fire or life policy; the insurer. See Childs v. Firemen’s Ins. Co., 0(3 Minn. 303, 09 N. W. 141, 35 L. R. A. 99. A

An undivided right or title, or a title to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two or more tenants in common or joint tenants before partition.

In old English law. Minors or persons under age not capable of bearing arms. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 9; Cowell.

In regard to the making of a will and other such matters, undue influence is persuasion carried to the point of overpowering the will, or such a control over the person in

A term which may be applied generally to all dishonest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce, but is particularly applied in the courts of equity (where it may be restrained by