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In ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pente-cost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by Inferior churches or […]

A stated allowance out o’ the public treasury granted by government to an individual, or to hls representatlves, for hls valuable services […]

one who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a de-pendent. It is usually applied (ln a public sense) […]

AM. The full weight of twenty ounces Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civil law. A pay-ment, properly, for the nse of a thing. A rent; a payment for the use and […]

An English coin, being the twelfth part of a shilling. It was also used in America during the colonial period Source: Black’s […]

A Troy weight, equal to twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A prison or place of punishment; tbe place of punlshment in which convicts sentenced to confinement and hard labor are confined by […]

A standard, banner, or ensign carrled in war Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Begun, hut not yet completed ; unsettled; undetermined; in process of settlement or adjustment. Thus, an action or suit is said to […]

A term used in crlm-inal law, and denotlng (ln cases of alleged rape) the insertion of the male part into the female […]

In the civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging hy the roots. Ersk. […]

In Scotch law. A piece or parcel of ground Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

NS. Lat. Pending; as Ms pen-dens, a pending suit Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Pending the suit; during the actual progress of a suit; during litigation Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In eccleslastlcal law. An ecclesiastical punishment inflicted by an ecclesiastical court for some spiritual offense. Ayl. Par. 420 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Suspense; the state of being pendent or undecided; the state of an action, etc., after it hns been begun, and be-fore the […]

Punishable; inflicting a punlshment; contalnlng a penalty, or relatlng to a penalty Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

1. The sum of money which the obligor of a bond undertakes to pay by way of penalty, in tbe event of […]

An officer in the Engllsh exchequer, who entered every seller’s bill on the parchment rolls, the roll of receipts, and the roll […]

The wool palled off the skin or pelt of dead sheep. 8 Hen. VI. c. 22 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A leather-seller or skin-ner. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The ball of a foot 4 Inst Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. A concubine. Dig. 50, 16, 144 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A pilch or surplice. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)