Restricted; bounded; pre-scribed. Confined within positive bounds; restricted in duration, extent, or scope
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A member of the human body. In the phrase “life and limb,” the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of “mayhem” it refers only to those members or parts of the body which may be useful to a man in fighting. 1 Bl. Comm. 130
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In Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38
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In old Euglish law. A copy, exemplification, or transcript of a court roll or deed. Cowell
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A person bound to another by a solemn tie or engagement. Now used to express the relation of a subject to his sovereign
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A right of cuttlng fuel in woods; also a-tribute or payment due for the same. Jacob
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Tbe. master or owner of a lighter. He is liable as a common car-rier
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1. windows; openings in the wall of a house for the admission of light
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A small vessel used in load-lug and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. 818; Reed v. Ingham, 26 Eng. Law & Eq. 167
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The business of transferring merchandise to and from vessels by means of lighter^; also tbe compensation or price demanded for such service, west-ern Transp. Co. v. Hawley, 1 Daly (N. Y.) 327
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A structure, usually in the form of a tower, containing signal-lights for the guidance of vessels at night, at dangerous points of a coast, shoals, etc. They are usually erected by government, and sub-Ject to governmental regulation
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A window, or opening in the wall for the admission of light Also a privilege or easement to have light admitted into one’s building by the openlngs made for
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In old English law. A llege-woman; a female subject. Reg. orig. 312b
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Allegiance; the faithful obedience of a subject to hls sovereign, of a citizen to his government Also, derivatively, the territory of a state or sovereignty
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Goods cast Into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are so denominated. when goods are cast into the sea in storms or shipwrecks, and remain there, without coming to land, they are distinguish-ed by the barbarous names of “Jetsam,” “flotsam,” and ‘ligan.” 5* Coke, 108; Harg. State Tr. 48; 1 Bl. Comm. 292
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To ratse; to take up. To “lift” a promissory note is to discharge Its obilga-tlon by paying Its amount or substituting another evidence of debt. To “lift the bar” of the statute of limitations, or of an es-toppel, is to remove the obstruction which it interposes, by some sufficient act or acknowledgment
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In old European law. A league or confederation. Spelman
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1. A deputy; substi* tute; an officer who supplies the place of another; one acting by vicarious authority. Etymologically, one who holds the post or office of another, in the place and stead ol the latter
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That state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natu-ral functions and motions are performed, or in which Its organs are capable of perform-lng thelr functions, webster
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L. Fr. In old pleading. A known place; a place well known and generally taken notlce of by those who dwell about it, as a castle, a manor, etc. whishaw; 1 Ld. Raym. 259
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