IT. Fr. In French law. The formula which a creditor prefixes to hia signature when he gives a receipt
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Fr. For account of whom it may concern
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1. A place, inclosed by public authority, for the temporary detent ion of stray animals. Harriman j. Fifleld, 36 Vt. 345; wooley v. Groton, 2 Cush. (Mass.) 308
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In praotioo. An allowance to the sheriff of so much in the pound upon the amount levlcd under an execution. Bowe v. Campbell, 2 Clv. Proc. R. (N. Y.) 234
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A term formerly ap-plled to voters in certain boroughs of Eng-land, where all who boil (wallop) a pot were entitled to vote, webster
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The name of a prison formerly existing in London. See Counter
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Existing in possibility but not in act; naturally and probably expected to come into existence at some future time, though not now existing; for example, the future product of grain or trees already planted, or the successive future instalments or payments on a coutract or engagement al-ready made. Things having a “potential existence’’ may be the subject of mortgage, aa
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Lat in the civil law. Power; authority; domination; empire. Impcrium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. The power of the father over his children, patria potestas. The authority of masters over their slaves. See InsL 1, 9, 12; Dig. 2, 1, 13,1; Id., 14, 1; Id. 14, 4, 1, 4
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A person wbo possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch
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In French law. A sum of money frequently paid, at the moment of entering into a contract, beyond the price agreed upon. It differs from arrha, in this: that it is no part of the price of the thing sold, and that the person who lias received it cannot, by returning double the amount, or the other party by losing what he has paid, rescind the contract. 18 Toullier, uo. 52
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To put off; defer; delay; continue; adjourn; as when a hearing is postponed. Also to place after; to set below something else; as when an earlier lien is for some reason postponed to a later lien
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An officer of the United States, appointed to take charge of a local post-office and transact the business of receiving and forwarding tbe mails at that point, and such other business as is commit-ted to him under the postal laws
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Lat. In the civil law. A doctrine or fiction of the law by which the restoration of a person to any status or right formerly possessed by him was considered as relating back to the time of hls origiual loss or deprivation; particu-larly In the case of one who, haviug been taken prisoner in war, and having escaped and returned to Rome, was regarded, by the aid of this fiction, as having never been abroad, and was thereby reinstated in all hid rights. Inst. 1, 12, 5
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A senior barrister In the court of exc hequer, who has precedence In motions; so called from the place where he sits. 2 Bl. Comm. 28. A letter-carrier
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This is a word of comparison and relation In tenure, the cor-relative of which is the word “priority.” Thus, a man who held lands or tenements of two lords was said to hold of his more an-cient lord by priority, and of hls less ancient lord by posteriority, old Nat. Brev. 94. It has also a general application in law consistent with its etymological meaning, nnd, as so used, it is likewise opposed to priority. Brown
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All the descendants of a person in a direct line to the remotest gen
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In Vermont Waters flowing through or lying upon Inclosed or cultivated lands, which are preserved for the exclusive use of the owner or occupant by hls posting notices (according to the stat-ute) prohibiting all persons from shooting, trapping, or fishing thereon, nnder a prescrib-ed penalty. See State v. Theriault, 70 Vt. 617, 41 Ati. 1030, 43 L. R. A. 290. 67 Am. St. Rep. 695
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Lat. Thls term was used by the Romans to denote the descend-ants in a direct llne beyond tbe sixth degree
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Relating to the mails; pertaln-lng to the post-office
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