In old Engllsh law. Delivered from that punishment which by the laws of the forest lay upon those whose beasts were found upon forbidden laud. Jacob
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The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfully Imprisoned, before he is entitled to his liberty by the process of law
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To scald. It is said that to scald hogs was one of the ancient tenures in serjeanty. wharton
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In old English law. A writ of exchange. A license in the shape of » a writ, formerly granted to an English mer-chant to draw a bill of exchange on another
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In old English law. A meeting of the neighborhood to compromise differences among themselves; a court held on the boundary of two lands
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In old law. A cut-ting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman
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A mistaken judgment or incorrect belief as to the existence or effect of matters of fact, or a false or mistaken concep-tion or application of the law
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Lat Error. Used in the Latin formula for assigning errors, and in the reply thereto, “ln nullo est erratum,” i. e., there was no error, no error was committed
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Involving error; deviat-ing from the law. This term is never used by courts or law-writers as designating a corrupt or evil act Thompson v. Doty, 72 Ind. 338
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The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Distinguished from submergence, which is the disappearance of the soil under the water and the formation of a navigable body over it. Mulry v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 433, 3 N. E. 584, 53 Am. Rep. 206
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In old lnw. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell
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By metonymy, this term is used to describe the ofiice or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain, webster
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In old English law. The loose scattered ears of corn that are left on the ground after the binding
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A term of the Irish Brehon law, denoting a pecuniary mulct or recompense which a murderer was judicially con-demned to pay to the family or relatives of his victim, it corresponded to the Saxon “weregild.” See 4 Bl. Comm. 313
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we erect one of tbe words by which a corporation mny be cre-ated in England by the king’s charter. 1 Bl. Comm. 473
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In the civU law. Under-takers of work; contractors. Cod. 4, 50
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In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium familia erciscunda, a suit for the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 17, 4. An ancient phrase derived from the Twelve Tables. Calvin
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Raising up; building; a completed building. In a statute on the “erection” of wooden buildings, this term does not Include repairing, alteration, enlarg-ing, or removal. See Shaw v. Hitchcock, 119 Mass. 256; Martine v. Nelson, 51 111. 422; Douglass v. Com., 2 Rawle (Pa.) 264; Brown v. Ilunn, 27 Conn. 334, 71 Am. Dec. 71; Mc-Gary v. People, 45 N. Y. 1G0
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Tbe followers of Erastus. The sect obtained much influence in England, particularly among common lawyers in the time of Selden. They held that offenses against religion and morality should be pun-lshed by the civil power, and not by the cen-sures of the church or by excommunication, wharton
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The obliteration of words or marks from a written instrument by rubbing, scraping, or scratching them out. Also the place in a document where a word or words
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A horse equip-ped with saddle and furniture
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