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A furlong. Co. Lltt 5b Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

This word is said to extend not only to real and personal actions, hut also to the causes of actions and suits; […]

In Engllsh law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintifTs clerk. It is, however, rarely […]

wherefore he obstructed. In old English practice. A writ which lay for one who, having a liberty to pass through his neighbor’s […]

In English law. A writ which lay against a bishop who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, conferred it […]

A writ that for-merly lay where the lord proffered a sultable marriage to hls ward, who rejected It, and entered into the […]

wherefore he ejected within the term. In old practice. A writ which lay for a lessee where he was ejected before the […]

wherefore he hin-ders. In English practice. A writ or action which lies for* the patron of an advowson, where he has been […]

Lat wherefore; for what rea-son; on what account. Used in the Latin - form of several common-law writs Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

Lat Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

As much as they were worth. In pleadlng. The com-mon count In an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, founded […]

A period of time (theoretically forty days) during which a vessel, coming from a place where a contagious or Infectious disease is […]

Lat. The name of an action in the civil law, (and in Louisiana,) brought by the purchaser of an article, for a […]

As much as he deserved. In pleading.- The common count in an action of assumpsit for work and labor, founded on an […]

As Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

.Lat when they shall come In. The name of a judgment sometimes given against an executor, especially on a plea of plene […]

In respect to persons, this term denotes comparative rank; state or condition in relation to others; social or civil position or class. […]

Lat As long as; so long as. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 235a Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The possession by an lndlvldual of the qualities, properties, or Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To make one’s self fit or pre-pared to exercise a right, office, or franchise. To take the steps necessary to prepare one’s […]

This, in England, is the stat-ntory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves deupminated […]

Lat. In old English law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat A Roman magistrate, -whose office it was to collect the public rev-enue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14 Source: Black's Law […]

L. Lat. That estate wbich a man has by acquisition or purchase, in con-tradistinction to “hareditaa” which is what he has by […]

In Roman law. Anclently a specles of commissiou granted by the eomitia to one or more persons for the pur-pose of inquiring […]