As to grand “Assize,” “Bill of Sale,” “Cape,” “Distress,” “Jury,” “Larceny,” and “Serjeanty,” see those titles
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A collection of customs, laws, and forms of procedure in use in early times in France. See Couru-M1EB
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The unit of weight In the metric system. The gramme is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at the temperature of 4° C. It is equal to 15.4341 grains troy, or 5.6481 drachms avoirdupois
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In old English law. An officer havlng charge of a granary. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 82, { 1; Id. c. 84
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In England, this term designates a school in which such in-struction is given as will prepare the stu-dent to enter a college or university, and in this sense the phrase was used in the Massa-chusetts colonial act of 1647, requiring every town containing a hundred householders to set up a “grammar school.” See Jenkins v. Andover, 108 Mass. 97. But in modern Amer-lcan usage the term denotes a school, inter-mediate between the primary school and the high school, in which English grammar and other studies of that grade are taught
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(Gneco-Lat.) In the civll law. A place for keeping writings or records. Dig. 48, 19, 9, 6
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In Troy weight, the twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight Any kind of corn sown in the ground
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An ancient duty in London under which the twentieth part of salt lm-ported by aliens was taken
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A baron, inferior to a count. A fiscal judge. An advocate. Spelman; Cow-ell
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A term used in equity to deuote the confirmation, by relation back, of the right of a mortgagee in premises to which, at the making of the mortgage, the mortgag-or had only an imperfect title, but to which the latter has since acquired a good title
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A notary or scrivener. See St 5 Hen. VIIL c. 1. The word is a corrup-tion of the French “greffler” (q. v
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A writing-book, register, or cartulary of deeds and evidences. Cowell
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In old English law. A graffer, notary, or scrivener. St. 5 Hen. VIIL c. 1
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In old English law. By degrees or steps; step by step; from one de-gree to another. Bract fol. 64
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In the civll and old English law. A measure of space. A degree of rela-tlonship
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This word is commonly used in contradistinction to “right” Thus, in SL 22 Edw. III., the lord chancellor was instructed to take cognizance of matters of grace, being such subjects of equity jurisdiction as were exclusively matters of equity. Brown
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Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor or maker for the payment of hls bill of exchange or note. It was originally a gratuitous favor, (hence the name,) but custom has rendered it a legal right
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I. The regulation, re-straint, supervision, or control which is ex
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The title of the chief ex-ecutive in each of the states and territories of the United States; and also of the chief
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In canon law. Compa-teruity; spiritual affinity
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In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the fibrous nnd ligamentous parts of the joints, characterized or caused by an excess of uric acid in the blood; usually, but not invariably, occurring in the joints of the feet, and then specifically called “poda-gra.”
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E, or GORS. A wear, pool, or pit of water. Termes de la Ley
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In old English law, a small, nar-row slip of ground. Cowell. In modem laud law, a small triangular piece of land, such as may be left between surveys which do not close. In some of the New England states (as, Maine and Vermont) the term is applied to a subdivision of a county, having a scanty population and for that reason not organized as a town
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