In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell
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Such an under-ground pris-on or cell as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a dark or sub-terraneous prison
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In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the owner will take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under a candlestick, or other thing, and it is agreed that no bidding shall avail unless equal to that, this is called “dumb-bidding.” Bab. Auct 44
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Provided; provided that A word of limitation in the Latin forms of conveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation; as in reserving a rent
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A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer, wharton
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In due or proper form or man-ner; according to legal requirements
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Certain payments; rates or taxes. See ward v. Joslin, 105 Fed. 227, 44 C. C
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The name of a rack in tbe Tower, so called after a minister of Henry VI. who sought to introduce it into England.
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A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. See Feeser
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The trlal by battel or jndl-clal combat See Battel
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In French law. Gnaron-ty; equlvalent to del credere, (whlch see
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(Bring with you, although sick.) In practice. An ancient writ, now obsolete, directed to the sheriff, upon a return that he could not bring his prisoner without danger of death, he being adeo languidus, (so sick;) where-upon the court granted a habeas corpus in the nature of a duces tecum licet languidus. Cowell; Blonnt
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Those lands which formerly belonged to the dukes of Lancaster, and now belong to the crown in right of the duchy. The duchy is distinct from the county palatine of Lancaster, and lncludes not only the county, but also much territory at a distance from It, especlally the Savoy in London and some land near west-minster. 3 Bl. Comm. 78
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In feudal and old English law. A duchy, the dignity or territory of a duke
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(Lat. Bring with you.) The name of certain species of writs, of which the subpoena duces tecum is the most usual, requiring a party who is summoned to appear in court to bring with him some doc-ument, piece of evidence, or other thing to be used or inspected by the court
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A foreign coin, varying in value in different countries, but usually worth about $2.26 of our money
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Doubting. is affixed to the name of a judge, In the reports, to signi-fy that he doubted the decision rendered
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It is doubted. A word frequently used in the reports to indicate that a point is considered doubtful
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He is a drunkard whose habit it is to get drunk; whose ebriety bas
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In medical jurisprn-dence. The condition of a man whose mind is affected by the immediate use of intoxi-cating drinks; the state of one who is “drunk.” See Drunk
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In old European law. A band of soldiers, (globus militum.) Spelman
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