The act or process of taking, apprehending, or seizing persons or property, by virtue of a writ, summons, or other judicial order, aud bringing the same
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To take or apprehend by com-mandment of a writ or precept. Buckeye Pipe-Line Co. v. Fee, 62 ohio St. 543, 57 N. E. 446, 78 Am. St. Rep. 743
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A person attached to the suite of an ambassador or to a foreign lega-tion
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The brother of a great-grandfather’s grandfather
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In maritime law. A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles, or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position of a vessel which is "lying to.” The Hugo (D. C.) 57 Fed. 403, 410
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The tackle or rigging of a ship; the harness or tackle of a plow. Spel-man
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A great-grandfather's grandmother’s sister, (ataviae soror;) called by Bracton “atmatertcra magna” Bract, fob 6Sb
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One who does not believe in the existence of a God. Gibson v. Insurance Co., 37 N. Y. 584; Thurston v. Whitney, 2 Cush. (Mass.) 110; Com. v. Hills, 10 Cush. (Mass.) 530i
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The great-grandfather’s or great-grandmother’s grandfather; a fourth grandfather. The ascendlng line of llneal ancestry runs thus: Pater, Avus, Proavus, Abacus, Atavus, Tritavus. The seventh gen
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In Saxon law. An oath; the pow-er or privllege of exacting aud admlnister-ing an oath. Spelman
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In the clvll law. A great-grandmother’s grandmother
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The brother of a great-grandfather’s grandmother
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out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099. See wales v. Insurance Co., 8 Allen (Mass.) 380; Hub-bard v. Hubbard, 8 N. Y. 199; Ex parte Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 158; Hut-ton v. Insurance Co., 7 Hill (N. Y.) 325; Bowen v. Insurance Co., 20 Pick. (Mass.) 276, 32 Am. Dec. 213; U. S. v. Symonds, 120 U
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In the clvll law. A great-great-great-grandfather’s sister
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(1) Not limited to any par-tlcular place, district, person, matter, or ques-tiou. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious animal so free from restraint as to be liable to do mls-chief. (3) Fully; in detail; in an extended form
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According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is doue in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at luw, barrister at law, attorney or counsellor at law. See Hooker v. Nichols, 116 N. C. 157, 21 S. E. 208
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1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. State v. Bacon, 6 Neb. 291; Cromie v. Institution of Mercy, 3 Bush (Ky.) 391
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Before the court "The case ttt bur,” etc. Dyer, 31
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In Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by oue iu the king’s lattice. The offender was to replace the dam-age twofold. Spelman
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A house, or place of habita-tion. Bract, fol. 267b; Cowell
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A servitude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must he carried to a certaiu mill to be ground, a certaiu multure or price being paid for the same. Jacob
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In old Engllsh iaw. A householder; belonging to the house; a per-son in actual possession of a house
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