In old pleading. Great beasts, as horses, oxen, etc Cro. Jac
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In old Englisb law. The grand assize. Glanv. lib. 2, cc. 11, 12
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A public officer belonging to the civil organization of the state, and invested with powers and functions which may be either judicial, legislative, or execu-tive
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Lat in the clvll law. A magistrate. Calvln. A judlclal officer who had the power of hearlng and determin-lng causes, but whose office properly was to lnqulre Into matters of law, as distinguished from fact. Hallifax, Clvll Law, b. 3, c. 8
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This term may have a more or less extensive signification according to the use and connection in which it occurs. In its widest sense it includes the whole body of public functionaries, whether thelr offices be legislative, judicial, executive, or admin-istrative. In a more restricted (and more usual) meaning, It denotes the class of offi-Oers who are charged with the application and execution of the laws. In a still more confined use, It deslgnates the body of judi-cial officers of the lowest rank, and more es-pecially those who have Jurisdiction for the trial and punishment of petty misdemeanors or the preliminary steps of a criminal prosecution, such as police judges and justices of the peace. Tlie term also denotes the office of a magistrate
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In old English practice. Magisterial writs; writs adapt-ed to special cases, and so called from being
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Lat. In Englisb law. A master or ruler; a person who has attained to some eminent degree in science. Cowell
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Relating or pertaining to the character, office, powers, or duties of a magistrate or of the magistracy
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Famous; great; noted; as z2?l-mere, all famous. Gibs. Camd
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In Saxon law. A recompense or satisfaction for the slaying or mur-der of a kinsman. Spelman
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Certain regulations prescribed for the government of the Madras presidency. Mozley & whltley
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where a writ of seire facias has been actually served upon a de-fendant, the proper return is that its con-tents have been “made known” to him
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An insane persou, partlcu-larly one suffering from mania in any of its forms. Said to be inapplicable to idiots (Com. v. Haskell, 2 Brewst. [Pa.] 497); but it is not a technical term either of medlciue or the law, and is incapable of being applied with scientific precision. See Insanity
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A term used to designate the idea or subject to which is confined the derangement of the mental faculties of one suffering from monomania, owing’s Case, 1 Bland (Md.) 388, 17 Am. Dec. 311. See In-sanity
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In old Engllsh law. A barn or granary open at the top; a rlck or stack of corn. Spelman
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In patent law. Any contrivance used to regulate or augment force or motlon; more properly, a complex structure, consisting of a combination, or peculiar modification, of the mechanical powers
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