Those seas which run between two coasts not far apart. The term is sometimes applied to the English channel, wharton
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Lat. That shall hereafter be born. A term used in marriage settlements to designate the future issue of the marriage, as distinguished from “natus” a child already horn
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In Scotch conveyancing. That part of a deed which describes the gran-tor, and person in whose favor the deed is granted, and states the cause (consideration) of granting. BelL
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A countor; a pleader who draws nam. Serviens narrator, a serjeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37
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A common abbreviation of “nar-ratio,” (q. v.) A declaration in au action. Jacob
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Lat one of the common law names for a plaintiff’s count or declara-tion, as being a narrative of the facts on which he relies
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L. Lat in old English law. A taking; a dlstress. Spelman. Things, goods, or animals taken hy way of distress. Simplex namium, a simple taking or pledge. Bract fol. 205b
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A celebrated law for the security of Protestants, made by Henry IV. of France, and revoked by Louis XIV., october 2, 1685
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L. Lat. In old English and Scotch law. A distraining or taking of a distress; an impounding. Spelman
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The designation of an individual person, or of a firm or corporation. In law a man cannot have more than one Christian name. Rex v. Newman, 1 Ld. Raym. 562. As to the history of Christian names and surnames and their use and relative importance in law, see In re Snook, 2 Hilt (N. Y.) 666
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As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to hare, wanting in nec-essary conditions, lncomplete, as a naked con-tract, (niifluni pactum,) i. e., a contract de-void of consideration, and therefore Invalid; or simple, unilateral, comprising hut a single element, as a naked authority, i. c., one w’hich is not coupled with any interest in the agent, but subsists for the benefit of the principal alone
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L. Lat in old records. To take, seize, or distrain
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Sax. The attaching or taking of movable goods and chattels, called “vif” or “mort” according as the chattels were living or dead. Termes de la Ley
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. originally the governor of a province nnder the Mogul government of Hln-dostan, whence it became a mere title of any man of high rank, upon whom it was con-ferred without any office being attached to it. wils. Indian Gloss
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I. An abbreviation for “non est inventus” he is not found
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Monastic habitation; perhaps the part of a monastery set apart fo.r purposes of hospitality, or as a sanctuary for criminals. Anc. Inst Eng
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A trade, art, or occupation. 2 Inst 668. Masters frequently bind them-selves in the indentures with their appren-tices to teach them their art, trade, and mystery. State v. Bishop, 15 Me. 122; Bar-ger v. Caldwell, 2 Dana (Ky.) 13L
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Lat. In civll and old English law. Dumb and deaf
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Lat. In the law of bailments. A loan for consumption; a loan of chattels, upon an agreement that the bor-rower may consume them, returning to the lender an equivalent in kind and quantity. Story, Bailm. S 228; Payne v. Gardiner, 29 N. T. 167; Downes v. Phoenix Bank, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 299; Rahilly v. wilson, 20 Fed. Cas. 181
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To borrow; mutuatus, a borrowing. 2 Arch. Pr. 25
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A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender in kind and quau-tlty; the borrower in a contract of mutuum
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Reciprocation; inter-change. An acting by each of two partles; an acting in return
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