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In old English law. A merchant denizen; one born within the Eng-lish pole. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. An ancient custom, where children were born out of wedlock, and their parents afterwards intermarried. The children, to-gether […]

Lat. A palace. The emperor’s house in Rome was so called from the Mons Palatinus on which it was built. Adams, Rom. […]

A palfrey; a horse to travel on Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil iaw. open-ly; in the presence of many. Dig. 50, 16, 33 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Possessing royal privileges. See County Palatine Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A court formerly ex-isting in England. It was created by Charles I., and abolished in 1849. It was held in the borough […]

A duty to lords of manors for exporting and importing vessels of wine at any of their ports. Jacob Source: Black’s Law […]

Fr. The country; the neighborhood. A trial per pat’s signifies a trial by the country; that is, by jury. An assurance by […]

ordinary conveyances between two or more persons in the country; i. e., upon the land to be trans-fferred Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

It is held that colored lmitations of rugs and carpets and colored working designs, each of them valuable and designed by skilled […]

In the practice of leg-lslative bodies, this is the name given to a Bpecies of negative proxies, by which two members, who […]

See Peirb Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The name given to acts of parliament to attaint particular persons of treason or felony, or to inflict pains and penalties beyond […]

A gold or silver coin, of several kinds and values, formerly current in India. It was valued, at the United States custom-house, […]

A county. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish law. Payment Las Partidas, pt. 5, tlt. 14, 1. 1. Pagamcnto, satisfaction Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A petty magistrate of a pagus or little district in the country Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A robber; a foot highway* man; a foot-pad Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A small inclosure for deer or other anlmals Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Settled by covenant Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In tbe civU law. A pact. An agreement or convention without specific na/ne, and without consideration, which, however, might, in its […]

Relating to or generating an agreement; hy way of bargain or cove-nant Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In international law. Con-tracts between nations which are to be performed by a single act, and of whicb execu-tion is at an […]

The name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones, (each bearing a different […]