In English law. The title of a court of record, estab-llshed in the relgn of Henry VIII. See Coubt op wards and Livebies
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L. Lat. In old English law. ward; guard; protection; keeping; custody. Spelman
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A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various ofilcers
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In English law. A local division of the country; the name is ill use north of the Trent to denote a hundred. The derivation of the name is said to be from “weapon” and “take,” and indicates that the division was originally of a inili-tary character. Cowell; Brown
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1. Guarding; care; charge; as, the ward of a castle; so in the phrase “watch and ward.”
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A reckless or malicious and intentional disregard of the property, rights, or safety of others, Implying, active-iy, a licentious or contemptuous willingness to injure and disregard of the consequences to others, and, passively, more than mere negligeuce, that is, a conscious and lnten-tional disregard of duty. See Brasington v. South Bound R. Co., 62 S. C. 325, 40 S. E. 665, 89 Am. St. Rep. 905; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. webb, 97 Ala. 308, 12 South. 374; Branch v. State, 41 Tex. 625; Ilanvnrd v. Davenport, 105 Iowa, 592, 75 N. W. 487; .Trauerman v. Lippincott, 39 Mo. App. 488; Everett v. Richmond & D. R. Co., 121 N. C. 519, 27 S. E. 991; Birmingham Ry. & El. Co
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SS. An ancient customary ten-ure of lands; i. e., to drive deer to a stand that the lord may have a shot. Blount, Ten. 140
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In marlne insurance. Ul-lage; deficiency in the contents of a cask or vessel caused by leaking. Cory v. Boyl-ston Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 107 Mass. 140, 0 Am. Rep. 14
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UM. Beads made of shells, used iis money by the North American Indians, and which continued current in New York as late as 1693
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In Scotch law. A wand or staff carried by the messenger of a court, and which, when deforced, (that Is, hindered from executing process.) he breaks, as a symbol of the deforcement; and protest for remedy of law. 2 Forb. Inst. 207
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An erection of stone, brick, or other material, raised to some height, and in-tended for purposes of security or lnclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds
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In old English law. A wall; a sea-wall; a mound, bank, or wall erected in marshy districts as a protection against the sea. Spelman
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In Saxon law. A servant, or any ministerial officer. Cowell
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Foresters who have the care of a certaln space of ground assigned to them. Cowell
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In Scotch law. The revival of an actiou. A process by which an action that has lain over and not been in-sisted in for a year and a day, and thus tech-nlcally said to have “fallen asleep," is wak-ened, or put in motion again. 1 Forb. Inst, pt. 4, p. 170; Ersk. Prin. 4, 1, 33
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In old Lombardic law. The disguising the head or face, with the in-tent of committing a theft
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The renunciation, repudia-tiou, abandonment, or surreuder of some claim, right, privilege, or of the opportunity to take advantage of some defect, irregular-ity, or wrong
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what is necessary to the farmer for the cultivatlon of his land. Bar-ring. ob. St. 12
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officers whose duty it formerly was to wait in attendance upon tlie court of chaucery. The ofiice was abolished in 1842 by St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. Mozley & whitley
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In old records. That may be plow’ed or manured; tillable. Cowell; Blount
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In old English law. The team and instruments of husbandry belong-lng to a countryman, and especially to a vil-lein who was required to perform ngricul-tural services
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