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A prohibltlve writ is-sued by a court of equity, at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party de-fendant in […]

In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a wltness, before examining hlm in chief, answering to the ‘voir dire […]

Commenced; inchoate. Qurtesy initiate is the interest which a husband has in the wife’s lands after a child is born who may […]

In Scotch practice. A tech-nical expression applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary to law; he is […]

That which begins or stands at the beginning. The first letter of a man’s name. See Elberson V. Richards, 42 N. J. […]

In old English iaw. Unseemly; not in due order. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, 8 8 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In the law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In eoolesiastioal law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A nook or cor-ner of a common or fallow field, inclosed and. cultivated. Kennett, Par. Antiq. 297, 298; Cowell […]

Blood which has the purity (freedom from attalnder) and legitimacy necessary to give its possessor the character of a lawful heir; that […]

An estate in things real, descending to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 201; In re Donahue’s Estate, 36 Cal. 332; Dodge’s Appeal, […]

The old term for “heir-ess.” Co. Lltt. 13a Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of the ancestor. Warren v. Prescott, 84 Me. 483, 24 Atl. […]

A tax Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An authority possessed without Its being derlved from an-other. A right, ability, or faculty of doing a thing, without receiving that rlght, […]

An engrosser. In-grossator magni rotuli, engrosser of the great roll; afterwards called “clerk of the pipe.” Spelman; Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

The act of making a fair and perfect copy of any document from a rough draft of it, in order that it […]

In English law. An ancient writ of entry, by which the plaintiff or complainant sought an entry Into his lands. Abolished in […]

In old English law. In-gress; entry. The rellef pald by an heir to the lord was sometimes so called. Cowell Source: Black’s […]

In Roman law, in-gratitude was accounted a sufficient cause for revoking a gift or recalling the liberty of a freedman. Such is […]

These words express the right of a lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question. Source: Black’s Law […]

(1) Artifice, trick, fraud; (2) an engine, machine, or device. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Freedom; liberty; the state or condition of one who is free. Also liberty given to a servant by manumission Source: Black’s […]

In medical jurisprudence. The process of steeping in llqnor; an opera-tion by which the medicinal qualities of a substance may be extracted […]

Meadow, or pasture. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)