The state, condition, or character of an alien. 2 Kent, Comm. 56, 64, 69
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Lat Under the control, or subject to the authority, of another person; e. g., an infant who is under the au-thority of his father or guardian; a wife under the power of her husband. The term is contrasted with Sui Juris, (q. v
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To convey; to transfer the title to property. Co. Lltt. 118b. Alien is very commonly used in the same sense. 1 washb. Real Prop. 53
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In real property law. The transfer of tlie property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. Termes de la Ley. It is particularly applied to absolute con-veyances of real property. Conover v. Mu-tual Ins. Co., 1 N. Y. 290, 294
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Proper to be the subject of alienation or transfer
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Lat. in criminal law. Elsewhere; in another place. A term used to ex-press that mode of defense to a criminal prosecution, where the party accused, in or-der to prove that he could not have commlt-ted the crime with which he is charged, of-fers evidence to show that he was In another place at the time; which is termed setting up an alibi. State v. McGarry, 111 Iowa, 709, 83 N. W. 718; State v, Child, 40 Kan. 482, 20 Pac. 275; State v. Powers, 72 Vt. 168, 47 Atl. 830; Peyton v. State, 54 Neb. 188, 74 N. W. 597
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or ALIENE. r. To transfer or make over to another; to convey or transfer the property of a thing from one person to another; to alienate. Usually applied to Hu transfer of lands and tenements. Co. CnB 118: Cowell. ™
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A liberty of passage, open way, water-course, etc., for the tenant’s accommodation. Kitchen
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Lat. otherwise; at another time; in auother manner; formerly
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Span. In Spanish law. Prop-erty. white, Nov. Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, 8 4
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Other wrongs. The name given to a general allegation of injuries caused by the defendant with which the plulntiff in an action of trespass under the common-law practice concluded his declara-tion. Archb. Crim. n. G94
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A cauldron lnto which boiling water was poured, iu which a criminal plunged ids arm up to the elbow, aud there held it for some time, as an ordeal. Du Cange
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Probably a corruption of Laganuin maris, lagan being a right, in the middle ages, like jetsam and flotsam, by "which goods thrown from a vessel ffi distress became the proi>erty of the king, or tlie lord on whose shores they were strand-ed. Spelmau; Jacob; Du Cange
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In old practice, a phrase used to indicate the final dismissal of a case from court without continuance. "To go without day.”
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Fr. In French feudal law. An allodial estate, as distinguished from a feudal estate or benefice
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A mutual agreement, of .which the effects, with resist both to the advantages and losses, whether to all the parties or to some of them, depend on an uncertain event. Civil Code La. art. 2982; Moore v. Johnston, 8 La. Ann. 488; Losecco v. Gregory, 108 Iji. 648, 32 South. 985
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A DIEU. L. Fr. In old prac-tice. To be dismissed from court; to go quit Literally, “to go to God.”
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Lat. In the civil law. A game of chance or hazard. Dig. 11. 5. 1. See Cod. 3, 43. The chance of gain or loss in a con-tract
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Lat. (From alca. q. r.) In the civil law. A gamester; oue who plays at games of hazard. Dig. 11, 5; Cod. 3, 43
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A rent or tribute paid annually to the lord mayor of Loudon, by those who sell ale within the liberty of the city
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A maypole or loug stake driven into tlie ground, with a sign on it for the sale of ale. Cowell
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In old EDglish law. An oflicer appointed by the court-leet, sworn to look to the assise and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of the leet. Eitch. Courts, 46; whishaw
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