In Eng-lish ecclesiastical law. A writ that lies against a bishop who holds an excommunl-cated person in prison for contempt, not-withstandlng he offers sufficient caution or security to obey the orders and commandment of the church for the future. Reg. Orig. 66; CowelL
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In Scotch law. A surety; a bondsman, one who binds himself in a bond wlth the principal for greater security. He is still a cautioner whether the bond be to pay a debt, or whether he undertake to produce the person of the party for whom he is bound. Bell
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In Scotch law, and in admi-ralty law. Surety; security; bail; an un-dertaklng by way of surety. 6. Mod. 162. See Cautio
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In Scotch law. An instrument in whlch a person hinds himself as surety for another
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Matter for which an action may be brought. The ground on which an action may be sustained. The right to bring a suit
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In the civil law. Aplead-er; one who argued a cause ore tenus
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Books kept in the central office of the English supreme court, in whlch are entered all wrlts of summons issued in the office. Rules of Court, v 8
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In English practice. A printed roll of actions, to be tried in the order of thelr entry, with the names of the solicitors for each litigant Similar to the calendar of causes, or docket, used in Amer-lcan courts
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In old European law. one who manages or litigates another’s cause Spelman
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That which*produces an effect; whatever moves, impels, or leads. The ori-gin or foundation of a thing, as of a suit or action; a ground of'action. Corning v. McCullough, 1 N. Y. 47, 49 Am. Dec. 287; State v. Dougherty, 4 or. 203
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A writ addressed to a mayor of a town, etc., who was by the king's writ com-manded to give seisin of lands to the king's grantee, on hls delaying to do it, requiring him to show cause why he so delayed the per-formance of his duty. Blount; Cowell
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In the civil and old English law. To be engaged in a suit; to litl-gate; to conduct a cause
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A meeting of the legal voters of any political party assembled for the purpose of choosing delegates or for the noraina-tion of candidates for office. Pub. St. N. H
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Lat. 1. A cause, reason, occasion, motive, or Inducement
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In the civil law. Innkeep-ers. Dig. 4, 9 ; Id. 47, 5; Story, Ag. $ 458
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Italian merchants who came into England in the reign of Henry III., where they established themselves as money lenders, hut were soon expelled for their usury and extortion. Cowell; Blount
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Highroads or ways pitched with flint or other stones
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In the civil law. An lnn er tavern. Inst 4, 5, 3
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A term which includes the domestic animals generally; all the animals used by man for labor or food
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A land’s end, or the bottom of a ridge in arable land. Cowell
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The statute of 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, by which Ro-man Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except tiiat of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain high appointments in the state. 3 Steph. Comm. 109.
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In Roman law. The rule which is commonly expressed in the maxim, Quod ab initio non valet tractu temporis non convalebit, meaning that what is at the beginning void by reason of some technical (or other) legal defect will not become valid merely by length of time. The rule applied to the institution of /itrredes, the bequest of legacies, and such like. The rule is not without Its application also in En-glish law; e. g., a marrled woman’s will (be-ing void when made) is not made valid mere-ly because she lives to become a widow. Brown
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(From Fr. Quatrecousin.) A cousin in the fourth degree; hence any distant or remote relative
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