In old Engllsh and feudal law. Leg-armor. Blount
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A throwing goods overboard to llghten or save the vessel, in whlch case the goods so sacrificed are a proper subject for general average. Dig. 14, 2, “de lege Rhodia de Jactu.” And see Barnard ▼. Adams, 10 How. 303, 13 L. Ed. 417
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A gaol; a prison; a building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful cus-tody. State v. Bryan, 89 N. C. 534. See Gaol.
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In the clvll law. A throw-lng of goods overboard in a storm; jettison. Loss from such a cause. Calvin
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A gold coin worth 24s., so called from James I., who was king when it was struck. Enc. Lond
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A false boasting; a false clalm; assertions repeated to the preju-dlce of another’s rlght The species of defamation or disparagement of another’s title to real estate known at common law as “slander of title” comes under the head of jactlta-tion, and In some jurisdictions (as in Louisiana) a remedy for this injury is provided under the name of an “action of jactitation
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Lat. In old English law. It lies in the mouth. Fleta, lib. 5, c. S, 8 49
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A kind of defensive coat-armor worn by horsemen in war; not made of solid iron, but of many plates fastened together. Some tenants were bound by their tenure to find it upon Invasion. Cowell
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Lat Lying in abeyance, as In the phrase “heereditas jacens,” which is an inheritance or estate lying vacant or in abeyance prior to the ascertainment of the heir or hls assumption of the succession
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est jns enndl, ambnlandi bominis | non etiam Jnmentum agendi vol vobien-lnm. A way is the right of going or walking, and does not Include the right of driving a beast of burden or a carriage. Co. Litt 66a; Inst. 2, 3, pr.; Mackeld. Rom. Law, 1818
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Lat Repetition. In the Roman law, a bonitary owner might liberate a slave, and the quirltary owner’s repetition (iteraiio) of the process effected a complete manumission. Brown
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Also; likewise; again. This word was formerly used to mark the beginning of a new paragraph or division after the first, whence is derived the common application of it to denote a separate or distinct particular of an account or bill. See Horwitz v. Norris, 60 Pa. 282; Baldwin v. Morgan, 73 Miss. 276, 18 South. 919
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Lat in tbe oivil law. A way; a right of way belonging as a servitude to an estate in the country, (preedium rusticum.) The right of way was of three kinds: (1) iter, a right to walk, or ride on horseback, or in a litter; (2) actus, a right to drive a beast or vehicle; (3) via, a full right of way, comprising right to walk or ride, or drive beast or carriage. Heinec. S 408. or, as some think, they were distinguished by the wldth of the objects which could he rightfully carried over the way; e. g., via, 8 feet; act
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Lat. In old praotioe. So that. Formal words in writs. Ita quod habeas corpus, so that you have the body. 2 Mod. 180
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Lat So it is; so it stands. In modern civil law, this phrase is a form of attestation added to exemplifications from a notary’s register when the same are made by the successor in office of the notary who made the original entries
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Lat So the law is written. Dig. 40, 9, 12. The law must be obeyed notwithstanding the apparent rigor of Its application. 3 Bl. Comm. 430. we must be content with the law as it stands, without inquiring into its reasons. 1 BI. Comm. 32
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In practice. Leading to or producing an Issue; relating to an Issue or issues. See Colquitt v. Mercer, 44 Ga. 433
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In English law. The goods and profits of the lands of a defendant against whom a writ of distringas or distress infinite has been Issued, taken by virtue of such writ, are called “issues.” 3 Bl. Comm. 280; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 35L
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A piece of land surrounded by water, webber v. Pere Marquette Boom Co., 62 Mich. 626, 30 N. W. 469; Goff v. Cougle, 118 Mich. 307, 76 N. W. 489, 42 L. R. A. 161
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