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Petty or small tithes payable to the vicar. 2 Steph. Comm. 681 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. A summoner or apparitor; an officer who atteuded on the tribunes and tedlles Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

one who performs the functlons of another; a substitute. Also the incumbent of an approprlated or lmproprlated ecclesias-tlcal benefice, as distinguished from […]

In French law. A rent-charge or annulty payable for the life of the annuitant Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A returning oflicer. 7 Mod. 13 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Capability of living. A term used to denote the power a new-born child possesses of contlnulng its independent existence Source: Black’s Law […]

Capable of llfe. This term is . applied to a newly-born lnfant, and especlally to one prematurely born, whlch is not only […]

Lat. In the civil law. of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by tbe prtetor as a […]

Lat. with force and arms. See Trespass Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A qnestion or point of law often discussed or agitated, but not determined or settled Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. By force or covertly. Dig. 43, 24 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The injury or damage which is suffered in consequence of the tricks of another Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is not acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy […]

Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the max-im,’Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa, […]

Lat. A vexed question; a question often agitated or dis-cussed, but not determined or settled: a qnes-tion or point which has been […]

Lat. I forbid. The veto-power is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare hls refusal td assent […]

Lat. The old law. A term used in the civil law, sometimes to designate the law of the Twelve Tables, and sometimes […]

Lat Ancient statutes. The English statutes from Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; tbose […]

L. Lnt. where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forblds the balllff to dellver […]

In old English law. Profit of land. “How much the vesture of an acre is worth.” Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A phrase ln-cludlng all things, trees excepted, whlch grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. […]

A crop of grass or corn. Also a garment; metaphorically applied to a possession or seisin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In old Engllsh law. The vesture of the land; that is, the corn, grass, underwood, sweepage, and the like. Co. Lltt 4b. […]

In English low. An order which may be granted by the chancery division of the high court of Justice, (and formerly by […]

In eccleslastlcal law. The place in a church where the priest’s vestures are deposited. Also an assembly of the mln-ister, church-wardens, nnd […]