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An offl-cer of the central office of the English supreme court. Formerly he was an ofiicer of the exchequer, aud had important […]

A country where >an oflicer called a “king” exercises the powers of gov-ernment, whether tbe same be absolute or limited. Wolff, InsL […]

BENCH. The supreme court of common law in England, being so called be-cause the king used formerly to sit there in person, […]

A proctor or solici-tor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution […]

The sovereigu, ruler, or chief ex-ecutive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called “monarchi-cal” is thus […]

OGATE. An Engllsh advo-cate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar […]

Genus; generic class; description. See In Kind Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Relatives by blood. “Kin-dred of the whole blood, preferred to kindred of the half blood.” 4 Kent, Comm. 404, notes. See Butler […]

An ancient servile payment made by tenants in husbandry. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A custom by which lords of manors were bound to provide a stallion for the use of thelr tenants* mares. Spelman Source: […]

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them lnto another. It […]

A measure of eighteen gallons Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Hindu law. Au office of goverumeut in which the business of the reveuue department was transacted under the Mohammedan government, and […]

In old English law. A dam or open wear in a river, with a loop or nar-row cut in it, accommodated for […]

A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf. Rowan v. Portland, 8 B. Mon. (Ky.) 253 Source: […]

In old Scotch law. Certain ofilcers of courts. See Claves Cu-BIJ£ Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fortified or embattled. Co. Litt. 5a Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. Idlers; vaga-bonds Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The jagged end of a- stick of wood made hy the cutting. Pub. SL Mass. 1882, p. 1292 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

A customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage-duty. CoweU Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The division of a county; a hundred in wales. See Cantked. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the “alien aud […]

In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband’s lands which belong to the widow […]

In marltime law. A per-manent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, […]

A custodian, manager, or su-perlntendent; one who has the care, cus-tody, or management of any thing or place. Schultz v. State, 32 […]