TU. In old Eng-lish practice. In proceedings in outlawry, wheu there were but two county courts holden between the delivery of the writ of exigi facias to the sheriff and its return, a special extgi facias, with an allocato com-itatu issued to the sheriff iu order to com-plete the proceedings. See Exigent
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Lat. It -is allowed. A word formerly used to denote that a writ or order was allowed
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An allowance made up-on an account in the English exchequer. Cowell
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The relation or uuion between persons or families contracted by intermarriage
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The running of oue vessel into or against auother. as distinguished from a collision, i. e., the running of two vessels against each other
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L. Lat. In old records. To levy or pay an accustomed fine or compo-sition; to redeem by such payment. Cowell
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By allegiance is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience whlch the lndlvldual owes to the govern-ment under which he 11 ves, or to hls sover-eign in return for the protection he receives. It may be an absolute and permanent obliga-tlon, or It may be a qualified and temporary oue. The citizen or subject owes an abso-lute aud* permaueut allegiance to his government or sovereign, or at least until, by some open and distinct act, he renounces it and becomes a citizen or subject of another government or another sovereign. The alien, while domiciled in the country, owes a lo-cal and temporary allegiance, which con-tinues during the period of his residence. Carlisle v. U. S., 16 wall. 154. 21 L. Ed. 426; Jackson v. Goodell, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 191; U. S. v. wong Kim Ark, 169 U. S. 649, 18 Sup. Ct. 456, 42 L. Ed. 890; wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 501
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To defend and clear one’s self; to wage one’s own law
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To state, recite, assert, or charge; to make an allegation
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Lat. Things alleged and proved. The allegations made hy a party to a sult, and the proof ad-duced in their support
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The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, setting out what he ex-pects to prove
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Lat. From another source; from elsewhere; from outside. Evidence aliunde (i. e., from without the will) may be received to explain an ambiguity in a will. 1 Greenl. Ev. ft 291
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In Roman law. A word which the emperors formerly signed at the bottom of thein rescripts and constitutions; under other Instruments they usually wrote xignala or teatato. Enc. Lond
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Lat otherwise. A term oft-en used in the reports
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A different or for-eign mode of trial. 1 Hale, Com. Law, 38
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Lat. In a different vlew; under a different aspect 4 Rob. Adm. & Pr. 151
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Somewhat of possession, and noth-lng of right, (hut no right) A phrase used by Bracton to describe that kind of posses-slon which a person might have of a thing as a guardian, creditor, or the like; and also that kind of possession which was granted for a term of years, where nothing could be demanded but the usufruct. Bract fols. 39a. 160a
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Lat in the civil law. Aliments; means of support, including food, (cibaria,) clothing, (veatitua,) and habitation, (habitatio.) Dig. 34, 1, 6
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The allowance made to a wife out of her husband’s estate for her sup-port, either during a matrimonial suit, or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance, and the fact of a marriage is established
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He who makes a grant, transfer of title, conveyance, or alienation
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Lat Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Alienus homo, another's man, or slave. Inst. 4, 3, pr. Aliena rea, another's property. Bract fol. 13b
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