In pleading. For this that. This is a phrase of affirmation, and is sufliciently direct and positive for introduc-ing a materlal averment 1 Saund. 117, no. 4; 2 Chit. Pl. 369-393
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For the fact; as a fact-; considered or held as a fact
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As a dowry; by title of dowry. A species of nsucaptlon. Dig. 41, 9. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1
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As a purchaser; by the title of a purchaser. A species of usueap-tlon. Dig. 41, 4. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1
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As master or owner; in the character of master. Calvin
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As a gift; as in case of gift; by title of gift. A species of usu-caption in the civil law. Dig. 41, 6. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1
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As derelict or aban-doned. A species of usucaptlon in the civil law. Dig. 41, 7
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In con-slderation of the royal dignity. 1 Bl. Comm. 223
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For the defendant. Commonly abbreviated “pro def
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For, or to case of, default of Issue. 2 Salk. 620
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In behalf of the body of the realm. Hale, Com. Law, 32
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For confessed; as confessed. A term applied to a bill in equity, and the decree founded upon lt, where no an-swer is made to it by the defendant 1 Barb. Ch. Pr. 96
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For counsel given. An annuity pro consilio amounts to a condi-tion, but in a feoffment or lease for life, etc., it is the consideration, and does not amount to a condition; for the state of the land by the feoffment is executed, and the grant of the annuity is executory. Plowd. 412
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For good and ill; for advantage and detriment
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For the puh-lic good; for the welfare of the whole
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In admiralty law. A vessel or cargo, belonging to oue of two belligerent powers, apprehended or forcibly captured at sea by a war-vessel or privateer of the other
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For and agalnst. A phrase descriptive of the presentatlon of ar-guments or evldence on both sldes of a disputed question
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The term “privity” means mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property. The executor is in prlv-lty with the testator, the heir with the ances
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A person who is in privity wlth another. See Privies; Pbivitt
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A qualified property in animals ferae natura; i. e., a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in exclusion of others. 2 Bl. Comm. 394 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 9
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Possessing or enjoying a privilege; exempt from burdens; entitled to priority or precedence
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