In old English law. A law day; a tlme of open court; the day of the county court; a juridical day
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A lawful man; a good and lawful man. A Juror. Cowell
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RP. A thing surrendered into the hands or power of another; a thing giv-en or delivered. Spelman
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or LATHE. A division or district peculiar to the county of Kent. Spelman
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In English law. The title belonging to the wife of a peer, and (by courtesy) the wife of a baronet or knight, and al-so £o any woman, married or sole, whose father was a nobleman of a rank not lower than that of earl. »
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RO. Suits in the ecclesiastical courts for spiritual of-fenses against conscience, for non-payment of debts, or breaches of civil contracts. This attempt to turn the ecclesiastical courts into courts of equity, was checked by the consti-tntions of Clarendon, A. D. 1164. 3 Bl
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A term of marltime law, applled to a vessel which is freight-ed with a cargo which is neither in casks, boxes, bales, nor cases, but lies loose in the hold, being defended from wet or moisture by a number of mats and a quantity of duni-nuge. Cargoes of corn, salt, etc., are usuL ally so shipped
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In Saxon law. A purgation, or mode of trial by which one purged hlmselt of an accusation; as by oath or ordeal. Spel-man
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In old records. A ditch or dyke; a furrow for a drain; a gap or blank in writing
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In the civil law. A lake; a receptacle of water which is never dry. Dig. 43, 14, 1, 3
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Negligence, consisting in the omission of something which a party might do, and might reasonably he expected to do, towards the vindication or enforcement of his rights. The word is generally the syno-nym of “remissness,” “dilatoriness,” “un-reasonable or unexcused delay,” the opposite of “vigilance,” and means a want of activity and diligence in making a claim or moving for the enforcement of a right (particularly in equity) which will afford ground for presuming against it, or for refusing re-lief, where that is discretionary with the court. See Ring v. Lawless, 190 111. 520, 60 N. E. 881; wissler v. Craig, 80 Va. 30; Morse v. Seibold, 147 111. 318. 35 N. E. 369; Babb v. Sullivan, 43 R. C. 436, 21 S. E. 277; Graff v. Portland, etc., Co., 12 Colo. App. 106, 54 Pac. 854; Coosaw Min. Co. v. Caro-lina Min. Co. (C. C.) 75 Fed. 868; Parker v. Bethel Hotel Co., 96 Tenn. 252, 34 S. W. 209. 31 L. R. A. 706: Chase v. Chase, 20 R. I. 202. 37 Atl. 804; Ilellams v. Prior, 64 S. C. 296. 42 S. E. 106: First Nat. Bank v. Nelson. 106 Ala. 535. 18 South. 154; Cole v. Ballard, 78 Va. 147; Selbng v. Abitbol, 4 Maule & S. 462
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A measure of land equal to one pole. This term is widely used in Cornwall
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one who, as a means of livelihood, performs work and labor for those who employ him. oliver v. Macon Hardware Co., 98 Ga. 249, 25 S. E. 403, 58 Am. St. Rep. 300; Blanchard v. Railway Co., 87 Me. 241, 32 Atl. 890; In re Ho King (D. C.) 14 Fed. 725; Coffin v. Reynolds, 37 N. Y. 646; weymouth v. Sauhorn, 43 N. H. 171, 80 Am. Dec. 144; Epps v. Epps, 17 111. App. 201. In English statutes, this term is generally understood to designate a servant employed in husbandry or manufactures, and not dwelling in the home of his employer. w’harton; Mozley & whitley
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In Indian computation, 100,000. The value of a lac of rupees is about £10,000 sterling, wharton
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In old practice. To tamper with a Jury: to endeavor to Influence them in thelr verdict, or their verdict gen-erally
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Au nncient writ against persons who refused to serve and do labor, and who had no means of living; or against such as, having served in the winter, refus-ed to serve in the summer. Reg. orig. 189
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1. work; toil; service. Con-tlnued exertion, of the more onerous and Inferior kind, usually and chiefly consisting in the protracted expenditure of muscular force, adapted to the accomplishment of specific useful ends. It is used in this sense in several legal phrases, such as “a count for work and labor,” “wages of labor,” etc
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Anything appended to a larger writing, as a codicil; a narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed or writ, in order to hold the appendlng seal
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and LL.D. Abbreviations used to denote, respectively, the three aca-deroic degrees in law,—bachelor, master, and doctor of laws
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