A body of law framed by the Salian Franks, after their settlement in Gaul under tbeir king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the barbarian codes, and is considered one of the most important com-pi la tions of law in use amoug the feudal nations of Europe. See Lex Salica
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A 'contract between two parties, called, respectively, the “seller" (or vendor) and the “buyer,” (or purchaser,) by whlch the former, in consideration of the payment or promise of payment of a certain price in money, transfers to the latter the title and the possesslon of an object of property. See Pard. Drolt Commer. J 6; 2 Kent4, Comm. 863; Poth. Cont Sale, | 1
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In old English law. A head-piece; a steel cap or morion. Cowell
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A recompense or consideration made to a person for hls pains and industry In another person’s business; also wages, stipend, or annual allowance. Cowell
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xed periodical compensation to be paid for services rendered; a stated compensation, amounting to so much by the year, month, or other fixed period, to be paid to public officers and persons in some private employ-ments, for the performance of ofllcial dutiee or the renderlng of services of a particular kind, more or less definitely described, involving professional knowledge or skill, or at least employment above the grade of menial or mechanical labor. See State v. Speed, 183 Mo. 186, 81 S. W. 1260; Dane v. Smlth, 54 Ala. 50; Fidelity Ins. Co. v. Shenandoah Iron Co. (C. C.) 42 Fed. 376; Cowdln v. Huff, 10 Ind. 85; In re Chancellor, 1 Bland (Md.) 596; Houser v. Umatilla County, 30 or. 486, 49 Pac. 867; Thompson v. Phillips, 12 ohio
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A tax imposed in England and France, in 1188, by Pope Innocent III., to raise a fund for the crusade undertaken by Richard I. of England and Philip Augustus of France, against Saladin. sultan of Egypt, then going to besiege Jerusalem. By this tax every person who did not enter hlmself a crusader was obliged to pay a tenth of his yearly revenue and of the value of’all hls movables, except his wearing apparel, books, and arms. The Carthusians, Bemardines, and some other religious persons were exempt Gibbon remarks that when the necessity for this tax no longer existed, the church still clung to it as too lucrative to be abandoned, and thus arose the tithing of ecclesiastical benefices for the pope or other sovereigns. Enc. Lond
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Lat. In the civil law. An allowance of provlslons. A stipend, wages, or compensation for services. An annual allowance or compensation. Calvin
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Fr. In French law. A judicial seizure or sequestration of property, of which there are several varieties. See infra
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In old English law. A lord's right of amercing his tenants In his court. Keilw. 145
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An elaborate form of non-communistic socialism. It is a scheme which does not contemplate an equal, but an unequal, division of tlie produce. It does not propose that all should be occupied alike, but differently, according to their vocation or capncity; the function of each being as-signed, like grades in a regiment, by the choice of the directing authority, and the remuneration being by salary, proportioned to the importance, in the eyes of that au-thority, of the function itself, and the merits of the person tvho fulfills it 1 Mill, Pol. Econ. 258
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In Gothic law. .The ministerial officer of a court or magistrate, who brought parties into conrt and executed the orders of his superior. Spelman
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written or printed directions, delivered by the commanding officer of a convoy to the several masters of the ships under hls care, by which they are enabled to understand and answer his signals, to know the place of rendezvous appointed for the fleet in case of dispersion by storm, by an enemy, or other-wise. without sailing Instructions no vessel can have the protection and benefit of con-voy. Marsh. Ins. 368
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In old European law. A German coln of the value of a penny, or of three pence.' ' --- t
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In insurance law. To pnt to sea; to begin a voyage. The least locomotion, with readiness of equipment and clearance, satisfies a warranty to sail. Pittegrew v. Pringle, 3 Burn. & Adol. 514
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In old European law. A judge or justice; literally, a man of causes, or haviug charge or supervision of causes, one who adminlstered justice and decided causes in the mallum, or public assembly. Spelman
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Before mentioned. This word is constantly used in contracts, pleadings, and other legal papers, with the same force as “aforesaid.” See Shattuck v. Balcom, 170 Mass. 245, 49 N. E. 87; Cnbine v. State, 44 Tex. Cr. R. 596, 73 S. W. 396; Hlnrichsen v. Hinrichsen, 172 111. 462, 50 N. E. 135 ; wilkinson v. State, 10 Ind. 373
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L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applled to the chancellor and Justices of the king’s bench
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A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bract L 4, c. L
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In old English law. A special privilege or license, in the form of a writ, under the great seal, granted to stran-gers seeking their right by course of law within the king’s dominions, and apprehend: ing violence or injury to their persons or property from others. Reg. orig. 26
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Lat in the law of divorce. Cruelty; anything which, tends to bodily harm, and In that manner renders cohabitation unsafe. 1 Hagg. Const 458
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A guaranty or security granted by the king nnder the great seal to a stranger, for hls safe coming into and passing out of the kingdom. Cowell.
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A sexton, anciently called “sagerson:* or “sagiston;” the keeper of -things belonging to divine worship
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A denomination of part of the county palatine of Durham, wharton
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