An institution of learning of a lower grade, below a college or a university. A place of primary instruction. The term generally refers to the common or pub-lic schools, maintained at the expense of the public. See American Asylum v. Phoenix Bank, 4 Conn. 177, 10 Am. Dec. 112; In re Sanders, 53 Kan. 191, 36 Pac. 348, 23 L. R. A. 603; Com. v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 AtL 277
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In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff
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In Snxon lnw. A tax paid to sheriffs for keeping the shire or county court Cowell
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In eccleslastlcal lnw. A dlvi-sion or sepnrntlon in n church or deuomina-tlon of Christinns, occasioned by a diversity of fnlth, creed, or religious opinions. Nelson, v. Benson, 69 UL 29; McKinney v. Griggs, 6 Bush (Ky.) 407, 96 Am. Dec. 360
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In Saxon lnw. An officer haviug the clvll government of n shire, or county; an enrl. 1 Bl. Comm. 398
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A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer in equity, deposition, or other instrument, ex-hibiting in detail the matters mentioned or referred to in the principal document
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In English law, a scheme is a document containing provisions for regulat
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An ancient measure of salt, the quantity of which is now not known, wharton
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SCHARN-PENNY, or SGHORN-PENNY. A small duty or com-pensation. CowelL
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The ofiicer who collected the scavage money. CowelL
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A Saxon coin of lees denom-inatlon than a shilling. Spelman
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Lat in Roman law. A boat; a lighter. A ship's boat
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SCHEVAGE, SOHEWAGE, or SHEW AGE. A kind of toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19 Hen. VII. c. 7. CowelL
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In Eng-lish law. Scandal or slander of great men or nobles, words* spoken in derogation of a peer, a Judge, or other great oflicer of the realm, for which an action lies, though it is uow rarely resorted to. 3 Bi. Comm. 123; 3 Steph. Comm. 473. This ofTense has not existed in America since the formation of the United States. State v. Shepherd, 177 Mo. 205, 76 S. W. 79, 99 Am. St Rep. 624
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In old European law. To chop; to chip or haggle. Spelman
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Defamatory reports or ru-mors; aspersion or slanderous talk, uttered recklessly or maliciously
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In early American law. To ad-just, graduate, or value according to a scale, walden v. Payne, 2 wash. (Va.) 5, 6
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A chequered cloth resembling a chess-board which covered the table , in the exchequer, and on which, when, certain of the king's accounts were mnde up, the sums were marked and scored with coun-ters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia seaccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44
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At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell
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In lllndu law. Variable lm-posts dlstlnct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, bazaars, etc. wharton.
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In old European law. Tiie, judges or assessors of the judges in the court, held by the count Assistants or associates! of the count; officers under the count The permanent selected judges of the Franks. Judges among the Germans, Franks, and, Lombards, who were held in peculiar esteem. Spelman
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