To act upon; Influence; change; enlarge or abridge. This word is ofteu used in the sense of acting injuriously upon per-sons and things. Ryan v. Carter, 93 U. S. 84, 23 L. Ed. 807; Tyler v. wells, 2 Mo. App. 538; Holland v. Dickerson, 41 Iowa, 373; United States v. ortega, 11 wheat. 467, 6 L. Ed. 521
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The making over, pawn-lng, or mortgaging a thing to assure tbe payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service. Crabb, Technol. Dict
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A person’s concerns in trade or property; business. Montgomery v. Com., 91 Pa. 133; Bragaw v. Bolles, 51 N. J. Eq. 84, 25 Atl. 947
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In old English law. Es-necy; (he right or privilege of the eldest
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In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not except-ing that of the king himself, was estimated at a certaln price, which was called the were, or cestimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. Law, c. 4
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Lat Equal; even. A provision in a will for the division of the residu-ary estate ex tequus among the legatees means equally or evenly. Archer v. Morris, 61 N. J. Eq. 152, 47 Atl. 275
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Lat. In the Roman liny. The treasury, (/lseus.) Calvln
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Uncompensated, unpaid for, unavenged. From the participle of exdu-slon, a, ae, or ex, (Goth.,) and gild, payment, requital. Anc. Inst. Eng
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In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q, r.) otherwise called aequum, aequum bonum, trquum et bonum, tequnm et justum. Calvin
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N. In old English law. The re-muneration to the proprietor of a domain for the privilege of feeding swine under the oaks and beeches of his woods
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O. Lat. Being sick or lndispos-ed. A term used in some of tlie older re-ports. “Holt tegroto.*’ 11 Mod. 179
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In Roman law. An officer who attended to the repairs of the temples and other public buildings; the repairs and clean-llness of the streets; the care of the weights and measures; the providing for funerals and games; and regulating the prices of provl-sions. Ainsw. Lex.; Smith, Lex.; Dn Cange
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In the Roman law. The JEdllltian Edict; an edict provid-lng remedies for frauds in sales, the execu-tion of which belonged to the curuie tedlles. Dig. 21. 1. See Cod. 4, 58
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Lat. In the civil law. A house, dwelling, place of habitation, whether in the city or country. Dig. 30. 41, 5. In the coun-try everything upon the surface of the soil passed under the term “aetfes.” Du Cange; Calvin
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In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the right of pre-seutlng a fit person to the bishop, to be by him admitted and instituted to a certain benefice within the diocese, which has become vacant. 2 Bl. Comm. 21; Co. Lltt. 119b, 120a. The person enjoying this right is called the “patron” (patronus) of the church, and was formerly termed “adcoca-tus” the advocate or defender, or in English, “advowee.” Id.; 1 Crnbb, Real Prop, p. 129, § 117
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In old English law. An adulterer. Beaty v. Richardson, 56 S. C. 173, 34 S. E. 73, 46 L. R. A. 517
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In old English law. Adultery between parties both of whom were married. Ilunter v. U.* S., 1 Pin. (W1S.) 91, 39 Am. Dec. 277. or the ofTense by an adulteress of continuing to live wlth
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In the civil law. An advocate; one who managed or asslsted in managing another’s cause before a judicial tribunal. Called also “patronus.” Cod. 2, 7, 14. But dlstlnguislied from causidicns. Id. 2, 6, 6
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In Scotch law. A pro-cess hy which an action may be carried from an inferior to a superior court before final judgment lu the former
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A term used in the ecclesiastical law to denote the introns of churches who presented to the liv-ing on an avoidance. This term was also applled to those who were retained to ar-gue the cases of the church
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In the civil law. The quality, function, privilege, or territorial jurisdiction of an advocate
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