In fendal law, orlglnally mere benevolences granted by a tenant to his lord, In times of distress; but at length the lords claimed them as of right. They were prin-cipally three: (1) To ransom the lord’s per-son, if taken prisoner; (2) to make the lord's eldest son and heir apparent a knight;. (3) to give a suitable portion to the lord’s eldest daughter on her marriage. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24
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A Norman French term slg-nlfylng “grandmother." Kelhanu
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In Engllsh practice. A proceedlng formerly made use of, by way of petitlon In court, praying in ald of the ten-ant for Ufe, etc., from the reversioner or re-malnder-man, when the title to the lnherit-ance was in question. It was a plea in sus-penslon of the action. 3 Bl. Comm. 300
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The healing or remission, by a verdict rendered, of a defect or error in pleading which might have been objected to before verdict
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Help; support; assistance; counsel; encouragement
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The klng's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others
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In old European law. A kind of oath among the Bavarians. Spelman. In Saxon law. one bound by oath, q. d. "oath-tied." From ath, oath, and tied. Id
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In criminal law. That kind of connection with the commission of a crime which, at common law, rendered the person guilty as a principal in the second degree, it consisted iu heing present at the time and place, and doing some act to ren-der aid to the actual perpetrator of the crime, though without taking* a direct share in lts commission. See 4 Bl. Comm. 34; Peo
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RE. The science or art of cultivating the ground, especially in fields or large areas, including the tillage of the soil, the planting of seeds, the raising and har-vesting of crops, and the rearing of live stock. Dillard v. webb, 55 Ala. 474. And see Bin-zel v. Grogan, 67 W18. 147, 29 N. W. 895; Simons v. Lovell, 7 Heisk. (Tenn.) 510; Springer v. Lewis, 22 Pa. 191
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In ancient customs, a fee, due from the vassals to thelr lord for sharpening thelr plowing tackle
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A statutory lien in some states to secure money or sup-plies advanced to an agriculturist to be ex-pended or employed in the making of a crop and attaching to that crop only. Clark v. Farrar, 74 N. C. 686, 690
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Fr. In French marine law. The rigging or tackle of a vessel, ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2. art. 1; Id. tit 11, art. 2; Id. liv. 3, tit 1, art 11
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A concord of understand-ing and Intention, between two or more par-ties, with respect to the effect upon their relative rights and duties, of certain past or future facts or performances. The act of two or more persons, who unite in expressing a mutual and common purpose, with the view of altering their rights and obligations
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Fr. In French marine law. To rig or equip a vessel, ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1
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In Scotch law. Agreement; an agreement or contract
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Settled or established by agreement. Thls word in a deed creates a covenant
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In French law. A solicitor practising solely in the tribunals of com-merce
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In old English law. Agreemeut; au agreement. Spelman
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Lat. Lamb of God. A piece of white wax, in a flat, oval form, like a small cake, stamped with the figure of a lamb, and consecrated by the pope. Cowell
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Relating to lnnd, or to a division or distribution of land; as an agra-rlan law
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Lat. An additional name or title; a nickname. A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of tlie four names sometimes given a Roman. Thus, Scipio Africanus, (the Afri-can,) from his African victories. Ainsworth; Calvin
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A surname; an ad-ditional name or title; agnomen
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