To deprive a person of a member or part of the body, the loss of which renders him less capable of fighting; to commit mayhem, (q. v.). State v. Johnson, 58 ohio St. 417, 51 N. E. 40, 65 Am. SL Rep. 769
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This word, as applled to a letter, means that the letter was properly prepared for transmisslon by the servants of the postal department, and that it was put in the custody of the officer charged with the duty of forwarding the mail. Pier v. Helnrlchshoffen, 67 Mo. 163, 29 Am. Rep. 501
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In Scotch law. The rents of an estate. Bell
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Sultable or admisslble for transmission by the mail; belonglng to the classes of articles which, by the laws and postal regulations, may be sent by post
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In old English law. A klnd of anclent money, or silver half-pence; a small rent
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As applied to the post-office, this term means the carriage of letters, whether applled to the hag lnto whlch they are put, the coach or vehicle by means of which they are transported, or any other means em-ployed for their carriage and delivery by publlc authority, wynen v. Schappert, 6 Daly (N. Y.) 560. It may also denote the letters or other matter so carried
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A flne paid by the tenants of some manors to the lord for a II-cense to marry a daughter. Cowell, or, perhaps, for the lord’s omitting the custom of marcheta, (q. v
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A brasier’s shop, or, perhaps, a house. Cowell
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In Scotch law. An instru-ment formerly used in beheading criminals. It resembled the French guillotine, of which it is said to have been the prototype, whar-ton
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In Engllsh law. originally an assize at which no person was condemned to-die. Now it is a session of a criminal court at which there are no prison-ers to be tried
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In Hlndu law. Any land or pnblic fund producing a revenae to the gov-ernment of Hlndostan. “Mahalaat” is the plural
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In maritime law. The German name for the contract for the building of a vessel. This contract contains a specification of the kind of vessel Intended, her dimensions, the time within which she is to be completed, the price and times of payment, etc. Jac. Sea Laws, 2-8
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The great statute roll. The first of the Eng-lish statute roils, beginnlug with Magna Charta, and ending wlth Edward III. Hale, Com. Law, 16, 17.
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In Hlndu law. A banker or any great shop-keeper
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In old practice. Great or grand cape. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law
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In old English law. The great council; the general council of the realm; afterwards called “parliament” 1 Bl. Comm. 148; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 62; Spelman
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In old English law. A great or general reap-day. Cowell; Blount
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In the civil law. Great or gross negligence
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