A rent paid to the castle of wigmore, in lieu of certaiu days’ work in harvest, heretofore reserved to the lord from his tenants. CoweU
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1. In negotiations for a policy of insurance. In England, the agreement is in practice concluded between the parties by a memorandum called the “slip,” containing the terms of the proposed insurance, and ln-itialed by the underwriters. Sweet
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A stirrup. There is a tenure of land in Cambridgeshire by holding the sovereign’s stirrup, wharton
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In English iaw. An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same. It signifies a fixed or dead, i. e., certain, rent, as distin-guished from a rent or royalty varying with the amount of coals gotten, and is payable although the mine should not be worked at all, but should be sleeping or dead, whence the name. Brown
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Ab to slight “Care,” "Evidence,” "Fault,” and "Negligence,” see those titles
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A hurdle to draw traitors to execution. 1 Hale, P. C. 82
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A dormant partner; one whose name does not appear in the firm, and who takes no active part in the business, but who has an interest in the concern, and shares the profits, and thereby be-comes a partner, either absolutely, or as re-spects third persons
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The condition of a slave; that civll relation In which one man has ab-solute power over the life, fortune, end lib-erty of another
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This word, in an indictment, adds nothing to the force and effect of the word ‘•kill,” when used with reference to the tak-ing of human life. It is particularly appii-cable to the taking of human life in battle; and, when it is not used in this sense, it is synonymous with “kilh” State v. Thomas, 82 La. Ann. 85L
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A person who is wholly subject to tlie will of another; one who hns no free-dom of action, but whose person and serv-ices are wholly under the control of another, webster
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Tlie traffic iu slaves, or the buying and selling of sla,cs for profit
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In torts, oral defamation; the speaking of false and malicious words concerning another, whereby Injury results to his reputation. See Pollard v. Lyon, 91
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Practical and familiar knowledge of the principles and processes of an art, sclence, or trade, combined with the ability to apply them in practice in a proper and approved manner and with readiness and dexterity. See Dole v. Johnson, 50 N. H. 454; Akridge v. Noble, 114 Ga. 949, 41 S. E. 78; Graham v. Gautier, 21 Tex. 119; Haworth v. Severs Mfg. Co., 87 Iowa, 763, 51 N. W. 68
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In old records. A long, flat, and narrow piece or strip of ground. Paroch. Antiq. 465
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In Engllsh law. A liquor license, containing a condition that the premises in respect of which the license is granted shall be closed during the whole of Sunday, granted under section 49 of the licensing act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c. 94
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Servants of the same nature as rod knights, (q. v.) Anc. Inst Eng
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A celebrated act entitled “An act for abolishing di-versity of opinion,” (31 Hen. VIIL c. 14.) enforclng conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Cathollc religion, under the severest penalties; repealed by SL 1 Eliz. c. 1. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 378
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In English practice, of-ficers of the court of chancery, who receiv-ed and filed all bills, answers, replications, and other papers, signed office copies of pleadings, examined and signed dockets of decrees, etc., and had the care of all records in thelr office. Holthouse; 3 Bl. Comm. 443. They were abolished by St. 5 Vict. c. 5
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Lat Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it, or the right or power to tax it See Boyd ▼. Selma, 96 Ala. 144, 11 South. 393, 16 L. R. A. 729; Bullock v. Guilford, 59 VL 616, 9 Atl. 360; Fenton v. Edwards, 126 CaL 43, 58 Pac. 320, 46 L. R. A. 832, 77 Am. St Rep. 141
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The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect, prohibited the training of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited meetings of more than fifty persons for the discussion of public grievances; repressed with heavy penalties and confiscations sedi-tious and blasphemous libels; and checked pamphleteering by extending the newspaper stamp duty to political pamphlets. Brown
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In practice. The holding of a court, with full form, and before all the
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A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. The word is the correlative of “brother.”
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In Saxon law. The high constable of a hundred
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