In the laws of oleron. To deny a seaman his mess. Liter-ally, to deny the table-cloth or victuals for three meals
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In Saxon law. oathsworth; oathworthy; worthy or entitled to make oath. Bract, fols. 185, 292b
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D’S LAW. The law by whlch was effected the ejection of married priests, and the introduction of monks into churches, by oswald, bishop of worcester, about A. D. 964. wharton
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Lat. Gates of the king-dom. The {torts of the kingdom of England are so tailed by Sir Matthew Hale. De Jure Mar. pt 2, c. 3
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Lat. In old English law. The door or porch of the church, where dower was anciently conferred
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Lat in the civil law. A monstrous or prodigious blrth. Dlg. 50, 16, 38
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A method or system of treating various diseases of the human body without the use of drugs, by manipulation applied to varlous nerve centers, rubbing, pulllng, and kneading parts of the body, flexing and manipulating the limbs, and the mechanical readjustment of any bones, muscles, or ligaments not in the normal position, with a view to removing the cause of the disorder and aiding the restorative force of nature in cases where the trouble origin-ated in misplacement of parta, irregular nerve action, or defective circulation, whether the practice of osteopathy is “prac-ttce of medicine,” and whether a school of osteopathy is a “medical college.’’ within the meaning of statutes, the courts have not determined. See Little v. State. 60 Neb. 749. 84 N. W. 248, 51 L. R. A. 717; Nelson ‘ v. Rtate Board of Health, 108 Ky. 769. 57 S. W. 501, 50 L. R. A. 383; State v. Liffrlng, 61 ohio St. 39. 55 N. E. 168, 76 Am. St. Rep. 358; Parks v. State. 159 Ind. 211. 64 N. E. 862, 59 L. R. A. 190
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A partner whose name is made known and appears to the world as a partner, and who is* in reality such.- Story, Partn. $ 80
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A tax anciently paid by merchants, etc., for leave to show or expose their goods for sale in markets. Du Cange
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Lat. In old plead-Ing. Shows to you. Formal words wlth whlch a demandant began his count. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 38, § 2
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An implied or presumptive agency, which exists where oue, elther intentionally or from want of ordinary care, Induces another to believe that a thlrd person is his agent, though he never in fact employed him. Bibb v. Bancroft (Cal.) 22 Pac. 484; First Nat. Bank v. Elevator Co., 11 N. D. 280, 91 N. W. 437
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In old Englisb law. without war or feud, such security belng provided by the laws, for homicides under certaln circumstances, against the faehth, or deadly feud, on the part of the family of the slain. Anc. Inst. Eng
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In the civil law. Managers of houses for orphans
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Any person (but particularly a minor or infant) who has lost both (or one) of his or her parents. More particular-ly, a fatherless child. Soohan v. Philadelphia, 33 Pa. 24; Poston v. Young, 7 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 501; Chicago Guaranty Fund Life Soc. v. wheeler, 79 111. App. 241; Stewart v. Morrison, 38 Miss. 419; Downing v. Shoenberger, 9 watts (Pa.) 299
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That portion of an intestate’s effects which his children were entitled to by the custom of London. This custom appears to have been a remnant of what, was once a general law all over England, namely, that a father should not by his will bequeath the entirety of his personal estate away from his family, but should leave them a third part at least, called the “chlldren’s part,’’’ correspondlng to the “bairns’ part” or legitim of Scotch law, and also (although not in amount) to the legitimo quarto of Roman law. (Inst. 2. 18.) This custom of London was abolished by St. 19 A 20 Vlct c. 94. Brown
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In Engllsh law. Transcripts sent to the remembrancer’s office in the exchequer out of the chancery, dlstln* guished from reoorda, which contain the judgments and pleadings in actions tried be-fore the barons
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In old English law. The trial by battle, which does not seem to have been usual in England before the time of the Conqueror, though originating in the klng-donis of the north, where it was practiced under the name of “holm gang” from the custom of fighting duels on a small island or holm, wharton
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In Saxon law. without rec-ompense; as where no satisfaction was to be made for the death of a man killed, so that he was judged lawfully slain. Spelman
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Primitive; first in order; bearing its own authorlly, and not deriving authority from an outside source; as original jurisdiction, original writ, etc. As applied to documents, the original is the first copy or archetype; that from which another ln-strument is transcribed, copied, or imitated
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To establish or furnish wlth organs; to systematize; to put into working order; to arrange in order for the normal exercise of its appropriate functions
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A county which has its lawful officers, legal maehin-ery, and means for carrying out the powers and performing the duties pertaining to it as a quasi municipal corporation. In re Section No. 6, 66 Minn. 32, 68 N. W. 323
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An act of congress con-ferring powers of government upon a ter-ritory. In re Lane, 135 U. S. 443, 10 Sup. Ct. 760, 34 L. Ed. 219
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