A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and, if need were, to distrain them of their lands and goods, in order to Insure or compel thelr attendance in court on tbe day of trial of a cause. It is-sued from the Common Pleas, and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the Klng’s Bench. It was abolished by tbe C. L. P. Act, 1852, | 104. Brown.
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Lat. (You have the body.) The name given to a variety of writs, (of which these were anciently the em-phatlc words,) havlng for their object to bring a party before a court or Judge. In common usage, aud whenever these words are used alone, they are understood to mean the habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, (see infra
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r GYNSGOORAGY. Gov-ernment by a woman; a state in whlch women are legally capable of the supreme command; e. g., in Great Brltaln and Spain
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The name of a court which was held every three weeks in the llberty or hundred of Pathbew in warwlck. Jacob
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Sax. Compensation for fraud or trespass. Cowell
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walf, or walved; that whlch has been stolen and afterwards dropped in the hlghway for fear of a dlscovery. Cowell
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The dlmlnudve of a sewer. Callis, Sew. (80,) 100. In modern law, an open ditch or conduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another in a certaln dlrectlon, whether for purposes of dralnage, lrrlgatlon, or otherwise, war-ren v. Henly, 31 Iowa, 31; willis v. State, 27 Neb. 98, 42 N. W. 920
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Maid’s fee. A Brltlsh word signifying a customary fine payable to lords of some manors on marriage of the tenant’s daughters, or otherwlse on thelr committing incontinence. Cowell
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Jutes; one of the three natlons who migrated from Germany to Britain at an early perlod. According to Spelman, they established themselves chlefly in Kent and the Isle of wight
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The heraldic name of the color usually called “red.” The word is derlved from the Arabic word “pule,” a rose, and was probably Introduced hy the Crusaders. Gnles is denoted iu engravings by numerous perpendicular lines. Heralds who blazoned
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Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyanclng, a deep plt filled wlth water, distlngulshed from “stagnum,” whlch was a shallow pool or pond. Co. Litt. 6; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 107
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A coin formerly issued by the English mint, but all these coins were called in in the time of wm. IV. The word now means only the sum of £1. Is., in whlch denomination the fees of counsel are always given
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The first of August, being the day of St. Peter ad Vincula
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In criminal law. That quality whlch imparts criminality to a motive or act, and renders the person amenable to punislj,-ment by the law
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Havlng committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner In plead-lng to an indictment when he confesses the crime of which he is charged, and by the jury in convicting. Com. v. waiter, 83 Pa. 108, 24 Am. Rep. 154; Jessie v. State, 28 Miss. 106; State ▼. white, 25 wis. 359
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The hall or place of meeting of a guild, or gild
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An instrument for decap-itation, used in France for the infliction of the death penalty on convicted criminals, consisting, essentially, of a heavy and weight-ed knife-blade moving perpendicularly be-tween grooved posts, which is made to fall from a considerable height upon the neck of the sufferer, immovably fixed in position to receive the impact
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The name of a treatise on maritime law, by an unknown author, supposed to have been written about 1671 at Rouen, and considered, in continental Europe, as a work of high authority
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A voluntary association of persons pursuing the same trade, art, profession, or business, such as printers, goldsmiths, wool merchants, etc., united under a distinct organization of their own. analogous to that of a corporation, regulating the affairs of their trade or business by thelr own laws and rules, and aiming, by co-operation and organization, to protect and promote the in-terests of their common vocation. In medieval history these fraternities or guilds played an important part in the government of some states; as at Florence, in the thirteenth and following centuries, where they chose the council of government of the city. But with the growth of cities and the ad-vance in the organization of municipal gov-ernment, thelr importance and prestige has declined. The place of meeting of a guild, or assoclatlon of guilds, was called the “Guildhall.” The word is said to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon “gild” or “geld,” a tax or tribute, because each member of the society was required to pay a tax towards its support
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In old English law. That which was given for safe conduct through a strange territory, or another’s territory. Cowell
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An iron or steel plate to he attached to a rail for the pnrpose ot guldlng to their place on the rail wheels thrown ofT the track. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1291
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