A mutual promise be-tween a man and a woman to marry each other at some other time. It differs from a marriage, because then the contract is completed. wood, Inst. 57
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ln Spanish law. A junc-tion of all the serrate papers made In the course of any one proceeding and which re-mains in the office at the close of it. Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black (U. S.) 109, 17 L. Ed. 360
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Seniority; the condition or right of the eldest; the prlvilege of the eldest-born. Particularly used of the privilege of the eldest among coparceners to make a first choice of purparts upon a voluntary partition
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A period of tlme fixed by law or by a court within which certaln acts are to be performed, e. g., the production of pa-pers, payment of debts, etc
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Sbippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, “skippeson” Cowell
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Robbers, or destroyers of other men’s lands and. fortunes. Cowell
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Tackle or furniture ; outfit Certain towns in England were bound to furnish certain ships at their own expense and with double skippage or tackle. Cowell
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In old English law. An es-crow; a scroll. “And deliver the deed to a stranger, as an escrowl.” Perk. c. 1, $ 9; Id. c. 2, H 137, 138
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
Service of tlie shield, one of tbe varieties of tenure in knight’s service
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A scroll; a writing; a deed. Particularly a deed delivered by the grantor into the hands of a third person, to be held by the latter until the happenlng of a con-tlngency or performance of a condition, and then by him delivered to the grantee. Thorn-as v. Sowards, 25 wis. 631; Patrick v. Mc-Cormlck, 10 Neb. 1, 4 N. W. 312; Cagger v. Lansing, 57 Barb. (N. Y.) 427; Davis v. Clark, 58 Kan. 100, 48 Pac. 563; Easton ▼. Driscoll, 18 R. I. 318, 27 Atl. 445
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In Spanish law. An offl-cer, resembling a notary in French law, who has authority, to set down in writing, und verify by hls attestation, transactions and contracts between private persons, and also judlclal acts and proceedings
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In Spanish law. A writ-ten instrument Every deed that is made by the hand of a public escribano, or notary of a corporation or council (concejo,) or sealed wlth the seal of the king or other authorized persons, white, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5
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A tax formerly paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of the community, which is called “scot and lot
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In English law. The name of an officer who wus appointed in every county to look after the escheats which fell due to the king in that particular county
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In fendal law. Escheat is an obstruction of the course of descent, and consequent determination of the tenure, by some unforeseen contingency, in which case the land naturally results back, by a kind of reversion, to the original grantor, or lord of the fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 15; wallace v. Harin-stad, 44 Pa. 501; Marshall v. Lovelass, 1 N. O. 445
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