In old English law. The hasp of a door; by which livery of eelsin might anciently he made, where there was a house on the premises
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In maritime law. Prl-mage; a small duty pald to the captain and mariners of a shlp
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A stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete
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In old Scotch law. Tlie form of entering an helr in a sub-ject situated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir’s taking hold of the hasp and staple of the door, (which was the symbol of possession,) with other formalities. Bell; Burrill
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Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell
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The old form of “herlot,” (q. v.) williams, Seis. 203
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In old European law. The defensive armor of a man; harness. Spelman
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All warlike instruments; also the tackle or furniture of a ship
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The severity with which a proposed construction of the law would bear upon a particular case, founding, sometimes, au argument against such construction, which is otherwise termed the “argument ab inconvenienti
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Lawful coined money. Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 HUI (N. Y.) 523,’ 536
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In old Scotch law. Lions; coins formerly of the value of three half-pence. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note
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A punlshment, addi-tional to mere imprisonment, sometimes im-posed upon convicts sentenced to a penitentiary. But the labor is not, as a rule, any harder than ordinary mechanical labor. Brown v. State, 74 Ala. 483
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In old statutes. A hand-gun, about three-quarters of a yard long
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In old English law. A race of horses and mares kept for breed; a stud. Spelman
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In old European lnw. An arrest or attachment. Spelman
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SS. The constitutional right of men to pursue their “happiness” means the right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent wlth the equal rights of others, which may Increase their prosperity, or develop thelr faculties, so as to give to them their highest enjoyment. Butchers’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., Ill U. S. 757, 4 Sup. CL 652, 28 L. Ed. 585; 1 Bl. Comm. 41. And see Eng-llsh v: English, 32 N. J. Eq. 750
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An alliance or confederation among merchants or cities, for the good ordering and protection of the commerce of its members. An Imposition upon merchandise. Du Cange
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The chief of a company; the head man of a corporation
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An executioner. One who executes condemned criminals by hanging
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In Saxon law. A fine for Illegal hanging of a thief, or for allowing him to escape. Immunity from such fine. Du Conge
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In old practice. To remain undetermined. ‘Tt has hung long enough; it is time it were made an end of.” Holt, C. J.. 1 Show. 77
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In criminal law. Suspen-sion by the neck; the mode of capital pun-ishment nsed in England from time immemorial, and generally adopted in the United States. 4 Bl. Comm. 403
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