In Engllsh law. An ancient gild or fraternity at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who dealt in sea coal. St. 21 Jac. L c. 3
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In Saxon law. A fine for being present at an unlawful assembly. Spelman
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Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one’s lord, (proditio domini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301
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In legal use, this term always restricts the matter in connection with which it is employed to a period of time already passed. Mason v. Jones, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 479
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A title given by the con-stitution of Massachusetts to the lieutenant-governor of that commonwealth. Const Mass. pt. 2, c. 2, { 2, art. 1
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Lat. These being witnesses. The attestation clause in old deeds and charters
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One who hlres a thing, or the labor or services of another person. Turner v. Cross, 83 Tex. 218, 18 S. W. 578, 15 L. R. A. 262
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Hiring is a contract by which one person grants to another either the en-joyment of a thing or the use of the labor and industry, either of himself or his servant, during a certain time, for a stipulated compensation, or where one contracts for the labor or services of another about a thing hailed to him for a specified purpose. Code Ga. 1882, | 2085
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In old English law. The loss or departure of a servant from his master. Domesday
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To hinder and delay is to do something whlch is an attempt to defraud, rather than a successful fraud; to put some obstacle in the path, or interpose some time, unjustifiably, before the creditor can reallze what is owed out of his debtor’s property. See Walker v. Sayers, 5 Bush (Ky.) 5S2; Burdick v. Post, 12 Barb. (N. Y.) 186; Crow v. Beardsley, 68 Mo. 439; Burn-ham v. Brennan, 42 N. ¥. Super. Ct. 63
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The system of native law prevailing among the Gentoos, nnd admlnis-tered by the government of British Indla
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In English law. A term of court, beglning on the 11th and ending on tbe 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which begin January 11th, and end on the wednes-day before Easter
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A society of men. The Saxons ranked men Into three classes, and valued them, as to. satisfaction for ln-jurles, etc., according to their class. The highest class were valued at 1,200s., and were called “twelf hindmcn;” the middle class at 600s., and called “ttexhindmen the lowest at 200s., called “ttryhindmen” Thelr wlves were termed “hindus.” Brompt Leg. Alfred, c. 12
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In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate
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A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the plead-ing and practice in the English superior courts of common law, established in Hilary term, 1834. Stimson
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