In Freifch law- Acceptor of a bill for honor.
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In the civil and Scotch law’.- A release made by a creditor to hls debtor of his debt, without receiving any cppsideration. , Ayl. Pand. tit. 26, p. 570. It
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Lat. In old pleading. To .accept. Acceptavit, he accepted. 2 Strange. 817. Non acceptavit, he did not accept. 4 Man. & G. 7
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To receive with approval or satisfaction; to receive with intent to retain. Also, in the capacity of drawee of a bill, to recognize the draft, and engage to pay it when due
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The taking and receiv-ing of anything in good part, and as it were a tacit agreement to a preceding act, which might have been defeated or avoided if such acceptance had not been made. Brooke, Abr
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The shortening ol the time for tbe vesting in possession of an expectant interest
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In French feudal law. A species of relief; a selgnoriul right due ou every
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An original writ out of chancery, directed to the sheriff, for the removal of a replevin suit from a hundred court or court baron to one of the superior courts. See Fitzh. Nat Brev. 18; 3 Bl. Comm. 34; 1 Tidd. Pr. 38
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(Lat As if.) Townsh. Pl. 23, 27. These words frequently occur in old English statutes. Lord Bacon expounds their meaning in the statute of uses: “Tbe statute gives entry, not simpliciter, but with an ac Bi." Bac. Rend. Uses, works, iv. 195
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In its original meaning, an association formed for mutual improvement, or for the advancement of science or art; in later use, a species of educational institution, of a grade between tbe common school and the college. Academy of Fine Arts v. Pliila-delphia County, 22 Pa. 496; Commonwealth v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 Atl. .277; Blackwell v. State, 36 Ark. 178
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(From abut, q. v.) Com-nionly defined “the buttings and boundings of lands, east, west, north, and south, showing on what other lands, highways, or places they abut, or are llmited and hounded.” Co-well ; Toml
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(Lat And also.) words used to introduce the statement of the real cause of action, in those cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious cause of action to give the court Jurisdiction, nnd also the real cause, in compliance with the statutes
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To reach, to touch. In old law, the ends were said to abut, the sides to adjoin, Cro. Jac. 184. And see Lawrence v. Killam, 11 Kan. 499, 511; Springfield v. Green, 120 111. 269, 11 N. E. 261
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TS. The ends of a bridge, of those parts of it which touch the land. Sussex County v. Strader, 18 N. J. Law, 108, 35 Am. Dec. 530
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A condensed' history of tbe title to land, consisting of a synopsis or summary of the material or op-erative portion of all the conveyances, of whatever kind or nature, which in any man-ner affect said land, or any estate or interest therein, together wlth a statement of all liens, charges, or liabilities to which the same may be subject, and of which it is in any way material for purchasers to be apprised, warv. Atsk | 2. Stevenson v. Polk, 71 Iowa, 278, 32 N. W. 340; Union Safe Deposit Co. v. Chisholm, 33 111. App. 647; Banker v. Caldwell, 3 Minn. 94 (Gil. 46); Heinsen v. Lamb, 117 111. 549, 7 N. E. 75; Smith v. Taylor, 82 Cal. 533, 23 Pac. 217
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In statutory construction, an “absurdity" is not only that which is physically impossible, but also that whlch is morally so; and that is to be regarded as morally impossible which is contrary to reason, so that it could not be lmputed to a man in his right senses. State v. Hayes, 81
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In French law. Keeping nn heir from possession; also tacit re* nunciution of a succession by an heir. Merl. Repert
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In old conveyancing. one of the parts of a fine, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord, naming the parties, the parcels of land, and the agreement. 2 Bl. Comm. 351; Shep. Touch. 3. More commonly called the “note” of the fine. See Fine; Conoobd
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without impeachment of waste; without accountability for waste; without liability to suit for v/aste. A clause anciently often in-serted in leases, (as the equivalent English phrase sometimes is.) signifying that the ten-ant or lessee shall not be liable to suit, (im-petitio,) or challenged, or called to account, for committing waste. 2 BI. Comm. 283; 4 Kent, Comm. 78; Co. Litt. 220a; Litt i 352.
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(Lat without such cause.) Formal words in the now obsolete replication de injuria. Steph. Pl. 191
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In old practlce. without the consideration of the court; wlthout judgment Fleta, lib. 2, c. 47, { 13.
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without this. These are technical words of denial, used in plead-ing at common law by way of special traverse, to lntroduce the negative part of the plea, following the affirmative part or inducement. Martin v. Hammon, 8 Pa. 270; Zents v. Legnard, 70 Pa. 192; Hite v. Kier, 38 Pa. 72; Reiter v. Morton, 96 Pa. 229; Turnpike Co. v. McCullough, 25 Pa. 303
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In Scotch law. An acquittal ; a decree in favor of the defender in any action
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