In surveying, und in descrip-tions of land by courses aud distances, this word, preceding each course giveu, imports that the following course is coutiuuous with the oue before it Flagg v. Mason, 141 Mass. 66, 6 N. E. 702
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Goverumeut of a state by the immediate direction of God, (or by the assumed direction of a supposititious divinity.) or the state thus governed
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A duty or acknowl-edgment paid by inferior tenants in respect of theme or team. Cowell
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Thia word, as an adverb, means “at that time,” referring to a time specified, either past or future. It has no power in itself to fix a time. It simply refers to a time already fixed. Mangum v. Piester, 16 S. C. 329. it may also denote a contingency, and he equivalent to “in that event” Pin-tard v. Irwin, 20 N. J. Law, 505
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The statute 39 & 40' Geo. III. c. 98, which restricted accumula-tions to a term of twenty-one yeurs from the testator’s death. It was passed in conse-quence of Utigatlon over the will of one Thelusson
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In Saxon law. The power of haring jurisdiction over naifs or villeins, with thelr suits or offspring, lands, goods, and chattels. Co. Litt. llGa
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An abolished writ for citizens or burgesses to assert their right to exemption from toll. Fltzh. Nat Brev. 226
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The toll-man or officer who receives toll. Cowell
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The offense committed by a party who, having been robbed and knowing the felon, takes back bis goods again, or receives other amends, upon an agreement not to prosecute. See Forshner v. whltcomb, 44 N. H. 16
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A writ that formerly lay for him that had any part of the king’s demesne in fee-farm, to recover reasonable toll of the king’s tenants there, if his demesne had been accustomed to be tolled. Reg. orig. 87
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The office and dignity of a thane; the seigniory of a thane
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An Anglo-Saxon nohleman; an old title of honor, perhaps equivalent to “baron.” There were two orders ot thanes, —the king’s thanes and the ordinary thanes. Soon after the Conquest this name was dis-used. Cowell
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Such lands as were granted by charter of the Saxon klngs to thelr thanes with all immunities, except from the trinoda necessitas. Cowell
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Germ.. A term used in topography to designate a line representing the deepest part of a continuous depression in the surface, such as a watercourse; hence the middle of the deepest part of the chan-nel of a river or other stream. See Iowa v. Illinois, 147 U. S. 1, 13 Sup. Ct 239, 37 L. Ed. 55; Keokuk & H. Bridge Co. v. People, 145 111. 596, 34 N. E. 482
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A legal treatlse which lays down principles or collects decisions on any branch of the law
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In old English law. The Rochester text. An ancient manu-script containing many of the Saxon laws, and the rights, customs, tenures, etc., of the church of Rochester, drawn up b.v Ernulph. bishop of that Bee from A. D. 1114 to 1124. Cowell
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Lat A witness; one who gives evidence in court, or who witnesses a docu-ment
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An old law French term, denoting evldence or testimony or a witness
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In convey-ancing. That clause of a deed or instrument wlth whlch it concludes: “In witness where-of, the parties to these presents have here-unto set thelr hands and seals.”
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Evidence of a witness; evidence given by a witness, under oath or affirmation; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings, and other sources
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In the civil law. Proof by the evidence of witnesses, i. e., parol evidence, as dlstlngulshed from proof by written instruments, which is called “literal" proof
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In Spanish law. An authentic copy of a deed or other instrument
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To bear wituess; to give evidence as a witness; to make a solemn declaration, under oath or affirmation, in a judicial inquiry, for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact See State v. Robertson, 26 S. C. 117, 1 S. E. 443; Gannon v. Stevens, 13 Kan. 459; Nash v. Hoxie, 59 Wis. 384, 18 N. W. 408; o’Brien v. State, 125 Ind. 38, 25 N. E. 137, 9 L. R. A. 323; Mudge v. Gilbert, 43 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 221
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