Lat. A father; the father. In the civil law, this word sometimes Included avus, (grandfather.) Dig. 50, 16, 201
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Know all men by these presents, words with w’hich letters of attorney ancieut-ly commenced. Reg. orig. 305b, 306
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Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issu-ance of a patent. Heath Cycle Co. v. Hay (C. C.) 67 Fed. 246; Maier v. Bloom (C. C.) 95 Fed. 166; Boyd v. Cherry (G. C.) 50 Fed. 282; Providence Rubber Co. v. Goodyear, 9 wall. 796, 19 L. Ed. 566
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Land on which cattle are fed; also the right of pasture. Co. Litt 4b
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In feudal law. The procure-tlon or provlsion which tenants were bound to make for thelr lords at certain times, or as often as they made a progress to their lands; It was often converted into money
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In Spanish law. Feeding; pas-ture; a right of pasture, white, New Reeop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6, J 4
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Lat. A shepherd. Applied to a minister of the Christian religion, who has charge of a congregation, hence called his “flock.” See First Presbyterian Church v. Myers, 5 okl. 809, 50 Pac. 70, 38 L. R. A. 687
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VE. As used in law, this term means inactive; permissive; consisting In endurance or submission, rather than action; and in some connections it carries the impll-catlon of being subjected to a burden or charge
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Pannage; a liberty for hogs to run in forests or woods to feed upon mast Mon. Angl. 1, 682
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In the definition of man-slaughter as homicide committed without premeditation but under the Influence of sud-den “passion,” this term means any intense and vehement emotional excitement of the kind prompting to violent and aggressive ac* tlon, as, rage, anger, hatred, furious resent-ment, or terror. See Stell v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 58 S. W. 75; State v. Johnson, 23 N. C. 362, 35 Am. Deg. 742
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In English law. A klnd of permit, being a note or check which the toll-clerks on some canals give to the boatmen, specifying the lading for which they have paid toll, wharton.
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He who has the lnterest or command of the passage of a river; or a lord to whom a duty is paid for passage, whar-ton
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A person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, and has, in the course of
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An ancient writ addressed to the keepers of the ports to permit a man who had the king’s leave to pass over sea. Reg. orlg. 193
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A voyage or ex-pedltion to the Holy Land made by the kings of England in person. Cowell
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An ancient court of record in Liverpool, once called the “may-or’s court of pays sage,” but now usually called the “court of the passage of the bor-ough of Liverpool.” This court was for-merly held before the mayor and two bailiffs of the borough, and had jurisdiction in ac-tions where the amount in question exceeded forty shillings. Mozley & whitley
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The fare of a passenger by sea; money pald for the transpor-tatton of persons In a ship or vessel; as dls-tingulshed from “freight” or “frelght-mon-ey,” which is paid for the transportation of goods and merchandise
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A book in which a bank or banker enters the deposits made by a customer, and which is retained by the latter. Also a book in which a merchant enters the items of sales on credit to a customer, and which the latter carries or keeps with him
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A way over water; an ease-ment giving the right to pass over a piece of private water
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In the clvll law. A feeding wood; a wood devoted to the feeding of cattle. Dig. 50, 16, 30, 5
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In old English law and praotice. Easter. De termino Pascha, ot the term of Easter. Bract fol. 246b
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A particular meadow or pas-ture land set apart to feed cattle
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