Half an acre, or, as some say, half a perch, of land. Spelman
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In old European law. Voluntary slaves of churches or monasteries
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In old English law.; Scolds or unquiet women, punished with the cucking-stool
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Gifts or offerings made to the king by any of his subjects; old debts
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Lat. By the way; in passing; Incidentally; collaterally
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The act of a party who objects to some matter or proceeding in the course of a trial, (see object, v.:) or an argu-ment or reason urged by bim in support of hls contention that the matter or proceeding objected to is improper or illegal
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Lat ’ [He] died without issue. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. II. 1
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In old English law. A funeral solemnity, or office for the dead. Cowell. The annlversary of a person’s death; the au-niversnry ofiice. Cro. Jac. 51
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An ofiice, or the admin-lstration of lt; a kind of rent; submission; obedience
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Lat in Roman law. A debtor who was obliged to serve hls creditor till his debt was dlscharged. Adams, Rom. Ant. 49.
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Compliance with a command, prohibition, or known law and rule of duty prescribed; tbe performance of what is required or enjoined by authority, or the abstaining from what is prohlblted, in com-pliance with the command or prohibition, webster
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For some cause arising out of a maritime matter. 1 Pet. Adm. 92. Said to be Selden’s translation of the French definition of admiralty jurisdiction, “pour le fait de la mer.” Id
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on account of connection; by reason of similarity. In Scotch law, this phrase expresses a ground for the consolidation of actions
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An external pledge or assevera-tlon, made in verification of statements made or to be made, coupled with an appeal to a sacred or venerated object, in evidence of the serious and reverent state of mind of the party, or with an invocation to a su-preme being to witness the words of tiie party and to visit him with punishment if they be faise. See o’Reilly v. People, 86 N. Y. 154, 40 Am. Rep. 525; Atwood v. welton, 7 Conn. 70; Clinton v. State, 33 ohio St. 32; Brock v. Milligan, 10 ohio, 123; Block-er v. Burness, 2 Ala. 354
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Lat in the clvll law. A son’s wlfe; a daughter-in-law. Calvln
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The whole natural day, or day and night, consisting, of twenty-four hours. Enc. Lond
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Pertaining to marriage; con-stitnting marriage; used or done in mar-riage
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The act of taking care of children, bringing them up, and educating them. Regina ▼. Clarke, 7 El. & Bl. 193
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In old English practice. A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned, or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party’s absence. Bract fol. 345. An officer of a court; a summoner, apparitor, or beadle. Cowell
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Lat. In practice. The name of a writ (now abolished) which, in the English law, lay for a sister co-heiress dispossessed by her coparcener of lands and tenements whereof their father, brother, or any common ancestor died seised of an estate in fee-simple. Fltzh. Nat. Brev. 197
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Traffic at fairs and markets; any buying and selling
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