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A reward for services; remuneration for goods or other property Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That part of the judgment in a "common recovery” by which the tenant is declared entltled to recover lands of equal value […]

Precatory, advisory, or directory. Recommendatory words in a will are such as do not express the testator's command in a peremptory form, […]

In Scotland, where a party sues for a debt, and the de-fendant pleads compensation, i. e., set-ofT, the plaintiff may allege a […]

In French law. This is the process by which a witness, who has Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In feudal law. A method of converting allodial land into feudal property. The owner of the allod surrendered it to the king […]

He to whom one is bound in a recognizance Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

He who enters into a recognizance Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An obllgation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act; […]

To try; to examine in order to determlne the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance Source: Black's Law […]

A writ to the justices of the common bench for send-ing a record touching a recognizance, which the recognizor suggests was acknowledged […]

In Engllsh law. The name by which the jurors impaneled on an assize are known. See Rbcoonitior Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In French law and in Louisiana. Incarceration as a punlshment for crime; a temporary, afflictlve, and infamous punishment, consisting in belng con […]

Ratlficatlon; confirmation; an acknowledgment that something done hy another person in one’s name had one’s authority Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Scotch law. A petitlon of appeal or review of a judgment of the lord ordlnary or other Inferior court. Bell Source: […]

A subdivision of a state created by legislative authority, for the purpose of reclaiming swamp, marshy, or desert lands within Its boundaries […]

To claim or demand back; to ask for tbe return or restoration of a thing; to Insist upon one’s right to recover […]

Those that are made tame by art, lndustry, or education, whereby a qualified property may be acquired in them Source: Black's Law […]

To state in a written Instrn ment facts connected with Its inception, or reasons for Its being made. Also to quote or […]

Rashness; heedless-ness; wanton conduct. The state of mind accompanying an act. which either pays no regard to its probably or possibly injurious […]

Mutuality. The term is used in international law to denote the relatlon existing between two states when each of them gives the […]

The formal statement or set-ting forth of some matter of fact, in any deed or wrltlng, in order to explain the reasons […]

A con-tract, the partles to whlch enter lnto mutual engagements. A mutual or bilateral con-tract Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

wills made by two or more persons in which they make reciprocal testamentary provlslons in favor of each other, whether they unite […]

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)