An abol-ished writ which lay where two lords, in divers towns, had selgnlorles adjoining, for him who found hls waste by llttle and little to have been encroached upon, agalnst the other, who had encroached, thereby to rectl-fy their bounds. Cowell
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Rate; proportion; degree. Reason, or understanding. Also a cause, or giving judgment therein
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The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party hlm-self or hy another; conflrmatlon of a void-able act See Story, Ag. H 250» 251; 2 Kent
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Lnt. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a contract. Saltmarsh v. Cnndia, 51 N. H. 76
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Lat. In the civll law. To hold a thlng ratified; to ratify or confirm it Dig. 46, 8, 12, 1
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Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree; the proportion or stand-ard by which quantity or value is adjusted. Thus, the rate ot interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and interest. So the buildings in a town are rated tor Insurance purposes; i. e., classified and individually estimated with reference to their insurable quallties. In thls sense also we speak of articles as being in “first-rate” or “second-rate” condltion
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The act of scraping, scratch-lng, or shaving the surface of a written in-strument, for the purpose of removlng cer-tain letters or words from it It is to be dlstlngulshed from “obliteration,” as thelat-ter word properly denotes the crossing out of a word or letter by drawlng a llne through it with ink. But the two expressions are often used interchangeably. See Penny v. Corwithe, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 499
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In old English law. A rase; a measure of onions, containing twenty flones, and each flonls twenty-five heads. Fleta, llb. 2, C. 12, | 12
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In old Euglish law. A writ for taking away an heir holding in socage, of which there were two sorts: one when the heir was married; tbe other when he was not. Reg. orlg. 163
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Lat in old English law. Ravished. A technical word in old indictments. 2 East, 30
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In French law and in Loulslana. A proceeding similar to hotchpot; the restoration to the succession of such property as the heir may have received by way of advancement from the decedent, in order that an even division may be made among all the co-helrs. Clv. Code La. art. 1305
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In old English law. A rav-isher. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 52, § 12
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In oriminal law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and against her will. Code Ga. I 4349; Gore v. State, 119 Ga. 418, 46 S. E. 671, 100 Am. St. Rep. 182; Maxey v. State, 66 Ark. 523, 52 S. W. 2; Croghan v. State, 22 W1&. 444; State v. Montgomery, 63 Mo. 298; People v. Crego, 70 Mich. 319, 38 N
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In criminal law. Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civll law, raplna is defined as the forcible and violent taklng of another man's movable property wlth the criminal intent to appropriate it to the robber's own use. A prsetorian action lay for this offense, in which quadruple damages were recoverable. Gaius, lih. 3, 8 209; Inst. 4, 2; Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 481; Heinecc. Elem. $ 1071
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In forest law. A sworn of fleer of the forest, whose office chiefly con-sists in three points: To walk daily through his charge to see, hear, and Inquire as weil of trespasses as trespassers iu his bailiwick: to drive the beasts of the forest, both of venery and chace, out of the deafforested ln-to the forested lands; and to present all trespassers of the forest at the next courts holden for the forest. Cowell
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Sp. A small collection of men or thelr dwellings; a hamlet. As used, however, in Mexico and in the Spanish law formerly prevailing in California, the term signifies a rauch or large tract of land suit-able for grazing purposes where horses or cattle are raised, and is distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation
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In the government survey of the United States, this term is used to de
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In law, this term is of ex actly equivalent import to “railroad.” See
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To create. A use may be rais-ed; i. e., a use may be created. Also to in-fer; to create or bring to light by construction or lnterpretatlon
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A statute, so called, of justices assigned by Edward I. and his coun-cll, to go a circuit through all England, and to hear and determine all complaints of in-juries done within five years next before Michaelmas, in the fourth year of hls reign. Spelman
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A road or way on which iron or steel rails are laid for wheels to run on, for the conveyance of heavy loads in cars or carriages propelled by steam or other motive power. The word “railway” is of exactly equivalent import
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In French law. A term in-cluding the repairs made to a ship, and a fresh supply of furnlture and victuals, muni-tions, and other provlslons required for the voyage. 3 Pard. Drolt Commer. I 602
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A kind of lottery in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then deter-mine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor of lt. webster; Prendergast v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 57 S. W. 850; State v. Ken-non, 21 Mo. 264; People v. American Art Union, 7 N. Y. 241
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