Two officers who cleaved the tallies written by the clerk of the tallies, and rend the same, that the clerk of tlie i>el! and comptrollers thereof might see their en-tries were true. They also made searches for records in the treasury, and had the custody of Domesday Book. Cowell. The office is now abolished
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In Saxon law. Unknown; a stranger. A person entertained in the house of another was, on the first night of his en-tertai nm ent, so called. Bract, fol. 124b
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Lat. In old English law. The name of the writ of dow-er, which lay for a widow, where no dower at ali hnd been assigned her within the time limited by law. 3 Bl. Comm. 183
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L. Fr. Still ready. A species of plea or replication by which the party alleges that he is still ready to pay or perform all that is justly demanded of him. In conjunction with the phrase “tout temps prist,” it signifies that he has always been and still is ready
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That whlch is contrary to the constitution. The opposite of “constitutional.” See State v. McCann, 4 Lea (Tenn.) 10; in re Rahrer (C. C.) 43 Fed. 558, 10 L. R. A. 444; Norton v. Shelby Coun-ty, 118 U. S. 425, 6 S. Ct 1121, 30 L. Ed. 178
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Lat in Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or lnherltance. Calvin
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The brother of one’s father or mother. State v. Reedy, 44 Kan. 190, 24 Pac. 66; State v. Guiton, 51 La. Ann. 155, 24 South. 784
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Lat in Roman law. An ounce; the twelfth of the Roman “as," or pound. The twelfth part of anythlng; the propor-tlon of one-twelfth. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m
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These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land. It is said to have been the quantity of twelve modii; each modius being possibly one hundred feet square. Jacob
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In Saxon, law. An oath by relations not to avenge a relation’s death. Blount
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Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instru-ment, e. g., a will, as to render it unlntelli-gible to those who are called npon to execute or interpret lt, so that no definite meaning can be extracted from lt
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Payment in gross, on an estimate as to amount, and where the merchant, on a final liquidation, wlll be entltled by law to allowances or de-dnctions which do not depend on the rate of duty charged, but on the ascertainment of the quantlty of the artlcle subject to duty. Moke v. Barney, 5 Blatchf. 274, Fed. Cas. No. 0,696
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Not necessarily an accldent which it was physically impossible, in the nature of things, for the
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Incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred
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Agreement of all the per-sons concerned, in holding one and the same opinion or determination of any matter or question; as the concurrence of a jury in deciding npon thelr verdict
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The decision of an umpire. The word “umpirage,” in reference to an umpire, is the same as the word “award,” in reference to arbitrators; but “award" is commonly applied to the decision of the umpire also
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LaL with one voice; unan-lmously; wlthout dissent
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In Scotch law. A volunteer witness; one who appears to give evidence without being called upon. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 393
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Lat The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-distinction to the baeres proximo* and the baeres remotior. Dalr. Feud. Prop. 110
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In pleadlng and practice. Facts in issue; opposed to proba-ffve or evidential facts, the latter belng such as serve to establish or disprove the issues. Kahn v. Central Smelting Co., 2 Utah, 379. And see Fact
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Lat The last. The final and ultimate proposition made In negotiating a treaty, or a contract, or the like
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