In old Engllsh law. The con-tract of lease or letting; also the rent (or farm) reserved upon a lease of lands, which was frequently payable in provisions, but sometimes in money, in which latter case it was called “alba firma,” white rent. A mes-saage, with the house and garden belonging thereto. Also provision for the table; a banquet; a tribute towards the entertainment of the king for one night
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A Turkish word denoting a decree or grant of privileges, or passport to a traveler
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A Scotch measure of capacity, containing two gallons aud a pint. Spelman
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A partnership; the group of per-sons constituting a partnership. The name or title under which the members of a partnership transact business.—People v. Strauss, 97 111. App. 55; Boyd v. Thompson, 153 Pa. 82, 25 Atl. 769, 34 Am. St. Rep. 685; Mc-Cosker v. Banks, 84 Md. 292, 35 Atl. 935
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In old English law. A fine for refusing military servlce, (mnlcta Aetrec-tantis militiam.) Spelman
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The efTect of combustion. The juridical meaning of the word does not differ from the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231, et seq
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Sax. A preparation to go lnto the army. Leg. Hen. I
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Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman
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Those that purify gold and silver, and part them by fire and water from coarser metals; and therefore, in the statute of 4 Hen. VII. c. 2, they are also called “parters.” Termes de la Ley
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Sax. In old Engllsh law. A summoning forth to a military expedition, (indictio ad profectionem militarem.) Spel-mau
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An endlng; death, as the end of llfe. Blount; Cowell
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In old Engllsh lnw. To flne, or pay a flne. Cowell. To end or fluish a matter
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Lat. An end; a fine; a boundary or terminus; a limit Also in L. Lat., a fine (q. v
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In old English lnw. The king’s fines. Fines formerly payable to the king for any contempt or offense, as where one committed any trespass, or false-ly denied his own deed, or did anything in contempt of law. Termes de la Ley
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An obsolete writ to inhibit officers of courts to take fines for fair pleading
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An absolute necessity or inevitable constraint. Plowd. 94; 6 Coke, 11; Cowell
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Ad abolished writ for dis-annulling a fine levied of lands in ancient demesne to the prejudice of the lord. Reg. orig. 15
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Dne who discovers and takes possession of another’s personal property, which wns then lost. Kincaid v. Eaton, 98 Mass. 139, 93 Am. Dec. 142
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A decision npon a question of fact reached as the result of a judicial ex-amlnation or Investigation by a court, jury, referee, coroner, etc. williams v. Giblin, 86 wis. 648, 57 N. W. 1111; Rhodes v. United 8tates Bank, 66 Fed. 514,13 C. 0. A. 612, 34 L. R. A. 742
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A person employed in the economical management and application of public money; one skilled in the manage-ment of financial affairs
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To discover; to determine; to as-certaln and declare. To announce a conclu-sion, as the result of judlcial investigation, u]>on a dlsputed fact or state of facts; as a Jury are sald to “find a wlll.” To determine a controversy in favor of one of the parties; as a jury “find for the plaintiff.” State v. Buikeley, 61 Conn. 287, 23 Atl. 186, 14 L. R
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A final or con-clusive agreement. In the process of “levying a fine,” this was a final agreement entered by the litigating parties upon the record, hy permission of court, nettling the title to the land, and which was binding upon them like any judgment of the court. 1 washb. Real Prop. *70
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