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A city immediately adjoining London, and forming a part of the metropolis; formerly the seat of the superior courts of the kingdom […]

Belg. In European iaw. Contribution for jettison; average Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Scotch law. A snm paid by an offender as a compensation or Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A purging from a crime by the oaths of several persons, according to the degree and quality of the accused. Cow-ell Source: […]

D, or WERGILD. This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious per-sonal ofTense, paid partly to the king for the loss […]

Sax. In old Eng-lish law. A robber who might be ransomed Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

RA, or WERE. The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every […]

ND. In old records. A large extent of ground, comprising several juga; a perambulation; a circuit. Spelman; Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

See Mobtgage Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A phrase used in pleading as the technical expression in iay-lng a scienter, (q. v Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A measure of heaviness or ponderosity; and in a metaphorical sense influence, effectiveness, or power to influence judgment or conduct Source: Black’s […]

A fence or an lnclosure of twigs, set in a stream to catch fish. Pub. St. Mass, p. 1297; Treat v. Chipman, […]

In English law. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise. It is called “tronagc” for weighing wool at the klng’s beam, […]

In old European law. The judicial combat, or duel; the trial by battel Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A period of seven consecutive days of time; and, in some uses, the period beginning with Sunday and ending with Snt-urday. See […]

Sax. In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid to their lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other […]

“Natural wear and tear” means deterioration or depreciation in value by ordinary and reasonable use of the subject-matter. Green v. Kelly, 20 […]

An lnstrument used in fight-ing; an instrument of offensive or defen-sive combat. The term is chiefly used, in law, in the statutes […]

All material objects, capable of satisfying human wants, desires, or tastes, having a value in exchange, and upon which human labor has […]

In old English law. The robbing of a dead man in his grave Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Sax. A wood; the woody part of a country Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The English highway acts provide that In every parish forming part of a highway district there shall an-nuaily be elected one or […]

In a legislative body, the “committee on ways and means” is a committee appointed to Inquire into and consider the methods and […]

Implements of husband-ry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 5, p. 268 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A crop of grain sown hy a tenant for a term certain, during hls tenancy, but which wiil not ripen until after […]