Lat Such; such men. when, by means of challenges or any other cause, a sufficient number of unexceptionable jurors does uot appear at tbe trial, elther party may pray a "tales,” as it is termed; that is, a sup-ply of such men as are summoned on the first panel in order to make up the deficiency. Brown. See State v. McCrystol, 43 La. Ann. 907, 9 South. 922; Railroad Co. v. Mask, 64 Miss. 738, 2 South. 360
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1. To lay hold of; to gain or receive into possession; to seize; to deprive one of the possession of; to assume ownership. Thus, it is a constitutional provision that a man's property shall not be taken tor public uses without just compensation. Ev-ansville & C. R. Co. v. Dick, 9 Ind. 433
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In criminal law and torts. The act of laylng hold upon an artlcle, with or without removing the same
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In Scotch law. An entall. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exercising hls inherent rigbt of disposing of his property, settles upon others than those to whom it would have descended by law. 1 Forb. Inst, ph 2, p. 101
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A conviction of felony, or tbe person so convicted. Cowell
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A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one’s substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell
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Limlted; abridged; reduced; curtailed, as a fee or estate in fee, to a certain order of succession, or to certain heirs
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An estate of In-heritance, which, instead of descending to heirs generally, goes to the helrs of the donee’s body, whlch menns his lawful issue, his children, and through them to his grandchlldren in a direct llne, so long as hls pos-terlty endures in a regular order and course of descent, and upon the death of the first owner without issue, the estate determines. 1 washb. Real Prop. *72
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Lat. Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Ellz. 105. The description of a corporal oath
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The unlting securities given at different times, so as to prevent any inters mediate purchaser from claiming a title to kedeem or otherwise discharge one lien, which is prior, without redeeming or discharging the other liens also, which are subsequent to his own title. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. $ 412
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In Scotch law. A tenant or lessee; one to whom a tack is granted. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 153
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In Scotch law, thls signifies laches in not prosecuting a legal clalm, or in acquiescing in an adverse one. Mozley A whitley
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In old records. A klnd of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell
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Silent; not expressed; Implied or Inferred; manifested by the refraining from contradiction or objection; Inferred from the situation nnd circumstances, in the absence of express matter. Thus, tacit con-sent is consent Inferred from the fact that the party kept silence when he had an opportunity to forbid or refuse
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Lat in Roman law. Ta-bles. writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius
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Lat. In the civU law. A ta-ble or tablet; a thin sheet of wood, w'hich, when covered with wax, was used for writ-lng
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A synopsis or condensed state-ment, bringing together numerous items or
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Lat in tbo civU lav. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7
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In medical jurisprudence. This is another name for locomotor ataxia. Tabetic dementia is a form of mental derangement or Insanity complicated with tabes dorsalis, which generally precedes, or sometimes follows, the mental attack
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