A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay. 2 Broom & II. Comm. 17

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In old English law. The owner of a toft Cowell; Spelman

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In feudal law. A towel. There is a tenure ot lands by the servlce of waiting with a towel at the king's coronation. Cow-ell

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Any person, firm, or corporatlon whose business it is to manufacture cigars, snuff, or tobacco in any form. Act of congress of July 13, 1866, | 9; 14 St. at Large, 120

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Lat in tbo civil law. Ti

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The words in a conveyance which show the estate in-tended to be conveyed. Thus, in a conveyance of land in fee-simple, the grant is to “A. and his heirs, to have and to hold the sald [land) unto and to the use of the said A., his heirs and assigns forever.” Wll-Hams. Real Prop. 198

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In Spanish law. Title, white, New Recop. b. 1, tlt 5, c. 3, | 2

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Persons who in Scotland, after the Reformation, obtained grant» from the crown of the monas-terles and priories then erected into temporal lordshlps. Thus the titles formerly held by the religious houses, as well as the property of the lands, were conferred on these gran-tees, who were also called ‘lords of erection” and “titulars of the teinds.” Bell

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In Romnn lnw. A proper name, frequently used in designating nn indefinite or fictitious person, or n person referred to: by wny of illustration. “Titlus” and “Seius,” in this use, correspond to “John Doe” nnd “Richard Roe," or to “A. B.” nnd “C. D.”

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The radicnl mending of this word appears to be that of a mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the name by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons, a title is an appella-tion of dignity or distinction, a name denoting the social rank of the person bearing it as “duke” or “oount.” So, in legislation, the title of a statute is the heading or pre-ilminary part, furnishing the name by which the act is individually known. It is usually prefixed to the statute in the form of a brief summary of its contents; as “Au act for the prevention of gaming.” Again, the title of a patent is the short description of the In-vention, which is copied in the letters pat-ent from the Inventor's petition; e. g., “a new and improved method of drying and. preparing malt" Johns. Pat. Man. 90

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In Saxon law. This was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-constable or peace-officer

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In Snxon nnd old English lnw. Money pnld to the sherifT by the several tlthings of his county. CowelL

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one who gathers tithes

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In English law. The tenth part of the increase, yearly arlslng and re-newing from the profits of lands, the stock npon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. 2 Bl. Comm. 24. A specles of incorporeal heredltament, being an ecclesiastical inheritance collateral to the estate of the land, and due only to au ecclesiastical person by eccleslastlcal law. 1 Crabb, Real Prop. S 133

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A place where in-toxica ting drinks are sold in drams or email quantities to be drunk on the premises, and where men resort for drinking purposes. See Leesburg v. Putnam, 103 Ga. 110, 29 S. E. 602; Morrison v. Com., 7 Dana (Ky.) 219; Patten v. Centralia, 47 111. 370; Hussey v. State, 69 Ga. 58; Emporia v. Volmer, 12 Kan. 629

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In English law. An officer appointed by the marshal of the king’s bench to attend upon the judges with a kind of rod or staff tipped with silver, who take into tlieir custody all prisoners, either committed or turned over by the judges at their cham-bers, etc. Jacob

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A tribute paid for the Ub

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In Scotch law. The loss of the feu, from allowiug two years of feu duty to run into the third unpaid. Bell

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Fishermen who destroy-ed the young fry on the river Thames by nets and unlawful engines. Cow’ell

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In old Scotch law. The sea-mark; high-water mark. Tide-mouth. Skene

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In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount

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LD. The ancient parliament or annual convention in the Isle of, Man, held upon Midsummer-day, at St. John’s chapel: Cowell

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L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelham

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Sax. In old forest law. A petty ofiicer of the forest who .had the care of vert aud venison by night, and performed other servile duties

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The measure of duration

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