In the civil law. Relation-ship on the father’s side; agnation. Agnatio a putre est. Inst 3, 5, 4; Id. 3, 6, 6
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Kinship by the father’s side. See Agnates; Aonati
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In Roman law. The term in-cluded “all the cognates who trace thelr connection exclusively through males. A table of cognates is formed by taking each liueal ancestor in turn and including all his descendants of both sexes in the tabular view. If, then, in tracing the various branch-es of such fi genealogical table or tree, we stop whenever we come to the name of a female, and pursue that particular brauch or raiuiflcatiou uo further, all who remain after the descendants of womeu hare been excluded are agnates, and their connection together is agnatic relationship.” Maine, Anc. Law, 142
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[From agnati, q. v.] De-rived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 236
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The taking in of another person’s cattle to be fed, or to pasture, upon one’s own land, in consideration of an agreed price to he paid by the owner. Also the profit or recompense for such pasturing of cattle. Bass v. Pierce, 16 Barb. (N. Y.) 595; williams v. Miller, 68 Cal. 290, 9 Pac. 160; Auld v. Travis, 5 Colo. App. 535, 39 Pac. 357
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In the law of descents. Re-lations by the father. This word is used in the Scotch law, and by some writers as an English word, corresponding with the Latin agnati, (q. v.) Ersk. Inst. b. 1, tlt. 7, § 4
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In ancient law. To take in and feed the cattle of straugers in the king’s forest, and to collect the money due for the same to the king’s use. Spelman; Cowell
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The drift or numbering of cattle in the forest
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In commercial law. A term used to express the difference in point of value between metallic nnd paper money, or be-tween one sort of metallic money and another. McCul. Dict
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A. speculation on the rise and fall of the public debt of states, or the public funds. The speculator is called "agio tcur
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L. Lat. In old English law. A hayward, herdward, or keeper of the herd of cattle in a common field. Cowell
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Having suffered loss or injury; damnified; Injured
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In Saxon law. Free from penalty, not subject to the payment of gild, or weregild; that Is, the customary fine or pe-cuniary compensation for an offense. Spelman; CowelL
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The raeet-ing of minds. The moment when a contract is.complete. A supposed derivation of the word “agreement.”
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The party who first offers violence or offense. He who begins a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another
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Any circumstance at-tending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to Its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of the crime or tort itself
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Composed of several; consisting of many persons united together. 1 Bl. Comm. 469
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Lat in the civil law. A dam, bank or mound. Cod. 9, 38; Townsh. Pl. 4
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An as-sanlt wlth circumstances of aggravation, or of a heinous character, or with intent to commit another crime. In re Burns (C. C.) 113 Fed. 902; Norton v. State, 14 Tex. 393. See Assault
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Lat. An agent, a conductor, or manager of affairs. Distinguished from factor, a workman. A plaintiff. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 15, | 8
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Sax. The true master or owner of a thing. Spelman
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In Saxon law. A guest at an lnn, who, haviug stayed there for three nlghts, was then accounted one of the family. Cowell
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A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, where-by one party (called the prlncipal or con-stltuent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do cer-tain acts for him or in relation to his rights or property, wlth more or less discretionary power, to another person (called the agent, attorney, proxy, or delegate) who under-takes to manage the affair and render him an account thereof. State v. Hubbard, 58 Kan. 797, 51 Pac. 290, 39 L. R. A. 860; Sternaman v. Insurance Co., 170 N. Y. 13, 62 N. E. 763, 57 L. R. A. 318, 88 Am. St Rep. 625; wynegar v. State, 157 Ind. 577, 62 N. E. 38
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