A Spanish measure of length varying (in different localities) from about five to seven feet
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An artificial ditch or trench in the earth, for confining water to a defined channel, to be used for purposes of transportation
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In old English law. The fighting of two champions or combatants in the field; the judlclal combat, or duellum. 3 lnst. 22L
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A share; a champertor’s share; a champertous division or sharing of land
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A corn-field; a field of grain. Blount; Cowell; Jacob
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A part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or in common
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In Spanish law. A road or highway. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tlt 2, 1. 6
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In old English law. A chamber, room, or apartment; a judge’s cham-ber; a treasury; a chest or coffer. Also, a stipend payable from vassal to lord; an an-nuity
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The science of fl-nance or public revenue, comprehending the means of raising and disposing of it
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In mercantile law. A per-eon skilled in exchanges; one who trades in promlssory notes and bills of exchange
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In the civil law. Change or exchange. A term applied indifferently to the exchange of land, money, or debts
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In Spanish law. A treasury. Las Partidas, pt 6, tit. 3, 1, 2
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In the civil law. One who accused another of a crime wlthout cause; one who brought a false accusation. Cod. 9, 46
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Defamation; slander; false accusation of a crime or offense. See Cal-UMNIA
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ln Scotch law. A gift to the bead of a clan, as an acknowledgment for protection and maintenance
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In tbe civil law. Cal-nmny, malice, or ill design; a false accusa-tion; a malicious prosecution. Lanning ▼. Christy, 30 ohio St. 115, 27 Am. Rep. 43L
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Among the Romans the first day of every month, being spoken of by it-self, or the very day of the new moon, which usually happen together. And if pridie, the day before, be added to it, then it is the last day of the foregoing month, as pridie calend. Beptemb. is the last day of August. If any number be placed wlth it, it signifies that day in the former month which comes so much before the month named, as the tenth calends of october is the 20th day of September; for if one reckons backwards, beginning at october, that 20th day of September makes the 10th day before october. In March, May, July, and october, the .calends begin at the sixteenth day, but in other months at the fourteenth; which calends must ever bear the name of the month following, and be numbered backwards from the first day of the said following months. Jacob. See Rives v. Guthrie, 46 N. C. 87
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A metaphorical expression for a tlme never likely to arrive
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lu old law. A right to tuke fuel yearly. Cowell
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