Petty or small tithes payable to the vicar. 2 Steph. Comm. 681

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Lat. In Roman law. A summoner or apparitor; an officer who atteuded on the tribunes and tedlles

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one who performs the functlons of another; a substitute. Also the incumbent of an approprlated or lmproprlated ecclesias-tlcal benefice, as distinguished from the incumbent of a non-appropriated benefice, who

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

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

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Capability of living. A term used to denote the power a new-born child possesses of contlnulng its independent existence

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Capable of llfe. This term is . applied to a newly-born lnfant, and especlally to one prematurely born, whlch is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic de-velopment as to make possible the continu-ance of its life

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Lat. In the civil law. of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by tbe prtetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another's property. Inst 4, 2; Dig. 47, 8

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Lat. with force and arms. See Trespass

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

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

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

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A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is not acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass bis opponent, or when it is not calculated to lead to any practical result Such a proceeding is often described as “frivolous and vexatious,” and the court may stay it on that ground. Sweet

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Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the max-im,'Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa, no one should be twice prosecuted for bne and the same canse

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Lat. A vexed question; a question often agitated or dis-cussed, but not determined or settled: a qnes-tion or point which has been differently de-termined, and so left doubtful. 7 Coke, 46b; 3 Burrows, 1547

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Lat. I forbid. The veto-power is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare hls refusal td assent to any bill or measure which has been passed by the legislature. It is either absolute or qualified, according as the effect of its exercise is either to destroy the blll flnal-ly, or to prevent its becoming law unless again passed by a stated proportion of votes or with other formalities, or the veto may he merely suspensive. See People v. Board of Coundlmen (Super. Buff.) 20 N. Y. Supp. 5L

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

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Lat Ancient statutes. The English statutes from Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; tbose from the beglnnlng of tbe relgn of Edward III. being contra-distinguished by the appellation of “Nova Statuta” 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 85

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L. Lnt. where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forblds the balllff to dellver them when the sherlff comes to make replevin, the owner of the cattle may demand eatlefaction in placitum de vetito namio. 2 InsL 140; 2 Bl. Comm. 148

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In old English law. Profit of land. “How much the vesture of an acre is worth." Cowell

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A phrase ln-cludlng all things, trees excepted, whlch grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 15L

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A crop of grass or corn. Also a garment; metaphorically applied to a possession or seisin

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In old Engllsh law. The vesture of the land; that is, the corn, grass, underwood, sweepage, and the like. Co. Lltt 4b. See Slmpson v. Coe, 4 N. IL 301

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In English low. An order which may be granted by the chancery division of the high court of Justice, (and formerly by chancery,) passing the legal estate in lieu of a conveyance. Commissioners also, nnder modern statutes, have slmllar powers. St 15 & 16 Vlct c. 55; wharton

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In eccleslastlcal law. The place in a church where the priest's vestures are deposited. Also an assembly of the mln-ister, church-wardens, nnd parishioners, usually held in the vestry of the church, or in a building called a “vestry-hall,” to act upon buslness of the church. Mozley & whltley

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