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Stealers of cattle. Cow-ell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. one who is put out of the protection or aid of the law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In English law. A pro-cess by which a defendant or person in con-tempt on a civil or criminal process was de-clared an […]

Any house necessary for the purposes of life, in which the owner does Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The Saxon thanes divided their hereditary lands into Inland, such as lay nearest their dwelling, which they kept’ to their own use, […]

1. An allowance made hy the United States government to one of its dip* lomatic representatives going abroad, for the expense of […]

T, or OUTHOM. A calling men out to the army by sound of horn. Jacob. ’ Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of […]

A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, […]

In mlnlng law. The edge of a stratum which appears at the surface of the ground; that portion of a vein or […]

In the English courts, barristers at law have been divided lnto two classes, viz., king’s counsel, who are admit-ted within the bar […]

A mercantile phrase applled to a ship or vessel that has been so long at sea ns to Justify the lielief of […]

A tax or charge formerly imposed by the state of Maryland for the in-spection and niarklng of hogsheads bf tobacco intended for […]

At a time when no term of the court is beiug held; in the vacatlon or interval which elapses between terms of […]

In reference to rights, linblllties, or jurlsdlctlons arising out of the common law, thls phrase is equivalent to “beyond sea,” which see. […]

A term used in early Mexican land laws to designate certain boundaries within which grants of a smaller tract, which designated such […]

He who has no legal status in court is said to be “out of court,” i. e., he is not before the […]

L. Fr. Literally, out of the hand Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Fr. Beyond the sea; a cause of excuse lf a person, being summoned, did not appear in court. CoweU Source: Black’s […]

To put out; to eject; to remove or deprive; to deprive of the possession or enjoyment of an estate or franchise Source: […]

In practice. A putting out; dispossession; amotion of possession. A spe-cies of injuries to things real, by which the wrong-doer gains actual […]

Certain districts or tracts of lands in the orkney Islands were formerly so called, because each paid an annual tax of one […]

The lierwite or fine paid to the lord by the inferloj tenant when his daughter was debauched. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

This word, though generally directory only, will be taken os mandatory if the context requires it Life Ass’n v. St Louis County […]

The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]