A phrase including all things, trees excepted, which grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 151.

Lat. Ancient statutes. Tbe English statutes from Mui/ua Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; those from the beginning of the reign of Edward III. being

L. Lat Where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forbids the bailiff to deliver them when the sheriff comes to make replevin, the owner

Lat. I forbid. Tlie veto-power Is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare bis refusal to assent to any bill or measure wbich has been passed by

Lat. The old law. A term used iu the civil law, sometimes to designate the law of the Twelve Tables, and sometimes merely a law which was in force previous to the

To harass, disquiet, annoy; as by repeated litigation upon the same facts.

Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the maxim, Xcmo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa, no one should be twice prosecuted for one and

Lat. A vexed question; a question often agitated or discussed, but not determined or settled: a question or point which has been differently de- termined, and so left doubtful. 7 Coke, 45b;

The injury or damage which is suffered in consequence of the tricks of another.

A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is uot acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass his opponent, or when it is not calculated

A question or point of law often discussed or agitated, but not determined or settled.

Lat. In the civil law. By force or covertly. Dig. 43, 24.

Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the pnetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another’s property. Inst 4,

Lat. With force and arms. See TRESPASS.

Lat In the civil law. Way; a road; a right of way. The right of walking, riding, and driving over another’s land. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of rural servitude, which

Capable of life. This term is applied to a newly-born infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic de- velopment

Lat. A right of way over another’s land.

In French law. A rent-charge or annuity payable for the life of the annuitant.

In old English law. A returning officer. 7 Mod. 13.

Lat In Roman law. A sum- moner or apparitor; an officer who attended on the tribunes and rediles.