An edict or award between Henry III. and those who had been in arms against him; so called he-cause made at Kenilworth Castle, in war-wiekshire, anno 51 Hen. III., A. D. 1266. It contained a composition of those who had forfeited thelr estates in that rebellion, which composition was five years’ rent of the es-tates forfeited, wharton
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To drag a person under the keel of a ship by meaus of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment for-merly practiced in the British navy. Enc. Lond
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This word is applied, in Eng-land, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob
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The right to demand mouey for the privilege of anchoring a vessel in a harbor; aiso the money so paid
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In Saxon and old English law A man; a serving man. Buxkarl, a seaman. Huskarl, a house servant. Spelman
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Au account of time, exhibiting the days of the week and month, the seasons, etc. More commonly spelled “cal-endar.”
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In the civll law. A calendar; n book of accounts, memorandum-hook, or debt-hook; a book in which accounts were kept of moneys loaned out on lnterest. Dlg. 32, 64. So called because the Romans used to let out thelr money and receive the interest on the calends of each month. Cal-vln
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A duty paid by shop-keepers in Hlndostan, who retail spirituous liquors; also the place where spirituous liquors are sold, wharton
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In Eugllsh ecclesiastical law. Rural chapters, or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, whlch were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. ”Paroch. Antiq. 604
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In Scotch law. Poultry render-able by a vassal to hls superior, reserved in the lease as the whole or a part of the rent. Bell
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In Hindu law. A writ-ten agreement, especially one signifying as-sent, as the counterpart of a revenue lease, or tlie document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government, the zainlndar, or the farmer, expresses his consent to pay the amount assessed upon his land. wils. Ind. Gloss
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A person who, in oriental states, supplies the place of our notary public. AU obligations, to be valid, are drawn by him; and he is also the public weigh-master, aud everything of consequence ought to he weighed before him. Enc. Lond
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In Spanish law. The judi-dary; the body of Judges; the Judges who concur in a decree
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In Spanish law. The name anciently given to a high judicial magistrate, or supreme judge, who was the ultimate interpreter of the laws, and possessed other high powers
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or JOUSTS. Exercises between martial men and persons of honor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournaments, which were military exercises between mauy men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c. 13
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Lat. Justice. A jurisdiction, or the office of a judge
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Lat. In the civil law. A suspension or interwlssiou of the admluis-tration of justice in courts; vacation time. Calvin
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A kind of compurgators, (q. «.,) or those who by oath justified the innocence or oaths of others; as in the case of wager of law
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