In English ecclesias-tical la... Very ancient officers of the church, almost grown out of use, until about the middle of the present century, about which time they were generally revived, whose deaneries are as an ecclesiastical di-vision of the diocese or archdeaconry. They are deputies of the bishop, planted all round his diocese, to inspect the conduct of the parochial clergy, to inquire into and report dilapidations, and to examine candidates for confirmation, armed in minuter matters with an inferior degree of judicial and coercive authority, wharton
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A sllver coin of Indla, rated at 28. for the current, and 2s. 3d. for the Bom-bay, rupee
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Lat in the civil law. Broken. A term applied to a wilL Inst 2, 17, 3
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A covenant is said to “run with the reversion" when either the liability to perform it or the right to take advantage of it
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Lands in Scotland where the ridges of a field belong alterna-tlvely to dlfferent proprietors. Anciently thls kind of possession was advantageous in giving a united interest to tenants to resist inroads. By the act of 1695, c. 23, a division of these lands was authorized, with the exception of lands belonging to corporations, wharton
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A running policy is one which contemplates successive In-surances, aud which provides that the object of the policy mny be from time to time de-flned, especially as to the subjects of insur-ance, by additional statements or indorse-ments. Civ. Code Cal. § 2597. And see Corporation of London Assurance v. Paterson, 106 Ga. 538, 32 S. E. 650
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A cov-enant is said to run with the land when either the liability to perform it or the right to tnke advantage of it passes to the assignee of that land. Brown
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Days counted in their regular succession on the calendar, in duding Sundays and holidays. Brown v. Johnson, 10 Mees. A W. 334; Crowell v. Bar-reda, 16 Gray (Mass.) 472; Davis v. Pender-gast, 7 Fed. Cas. 162
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A metaphorical expres-slon, by whlch is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations is oon-sidered as passing. 1 Bouv. Inst no. 861
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An open unset* tied account, as distinguished from a stated and liquidated account “Running accounts mean mutual accounts and reciprocal de-mands between the parties, which accounts and demands remain open and unsettled.” Brackenridge v. Baltzell, 1 Ind. 335; Leonard v. U. S., 18 Ct Cl. 385; Picker v. Fitzeile, 28 App. Div. 519, 51 N. Y. Supp. 205
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This term is applied to wandering or straying animals
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In old English law. A .load-horse; a sumpter-horse or cart-horse
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T, or RUNLET. A measure of wine, oil, etc., containing eighteen gallons aud a half. Cowell
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In American law. A water-course of small size, webb v. Bedford, ‘2 Bibb. (Ky.) 354.
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In old records. Land full ot brambles and briars. I Inst Oa
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Certain limits without the walls, wlthin which all prison-era in custody in civil actions were allowed to live, upon glvlng sufficient security to the marshal not to escape
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Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to an* other without any known authority for the truth of it. webster. It is not generally admissible in evidence. State ▼. Culler, 82 Mo. 626; Smith v. Moore, 74 Vt 81, 52 Atl. 320
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Lat in tbe dvil law. Ruin, the falling of a house. Dig. 47, 0
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In American practice. This term is sometimes used, by metonymy, to denote a time or season in the judicial year when motions may be made and rules taken, as special terms or argument-days, or even the vacations, as distinguished • from the regular terms of the courts for the trlal of causes; and, by a further extension of its meaning, it may denote proceedings in an action taken out of court Thus, “an Irregularity committed at rules may be corrected at the next term of the court" South-all’s Adm’r v. Exchange Bank, 12 Grat. (Va.) 312
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Directions printed in books of law and in prayer-books, so termed because they were originally distinguished by red lnk
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Roughness; incivilityf vio-lence Touching another with rudeness may constitute a battery
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A payment reserved by tbe grantor of a patent lease of a mlne, or slmil-ar rlght, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. Bee Raynolds ▼. Hanna (C. 0.) 55 Fed. 800; Hubenthal v. Kennedy, 76 Iowa, 707, 39 N
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Of or pertaining to or proceed-ing from the king oc sovereign in a mon-archlcal government
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