In old European law. An extraordinary kind of composition for an offense, consisting of three times nine, or twenty-seven times the single geld or pay-ment. Spelman
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Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson’s or great-granddaughter’s great-granddaughter. A female descendant in the sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4
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In English law. A society ait Deptford Strond, incorporated by Hen. VIII. in 1515, for the promotion of commerce and navigation by licensing and regulating pilots, and ordering and erecting beacons, light-houses, buoys, etc. wharton
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In Saxon law. A triple gild, geld, or payment; three times the value of a thing, paid as a composition or satisfac-tion. Spelman
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Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson’s or great-granddaughter’s great-grandson. A male descendant in the sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4
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Lat. In Roman law. A subdivision of the as, containing four uneiae; the proportion of four-twelfths or one-third. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m. A copper coin of the value of one-thlrd of the as. Brande
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In old English law. one who has been thrice married; one who, at different times and successively, has had three wives; a trigamist. 3 Inst. 88
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In oid English law. The space of three days. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, 8 7
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An Engllsh statute limtting the duratlon of every parliament to three years, uifless sooner dissolved. It was passed by the long parliament in 1640, and afterwards repealed, and the term was fixed at seven years by the septennial act, (St. 1 Geo. I. St. 2, c. 38
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An ancient custom in a borough in the county of Hereford, so call-ed because thirty burgesses paid ld. rent for thelr houses to the bishop, who was lord of the manor, wharton
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The court held for a triding or trithlng. CoweU
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A contribution which is rais* ed by a prince or sovereign from his subjects to sustain the expenses of the state
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Lat. In the clvll law.. To give; to distribute
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The seat of a jndge; the place- where he administers justice; a ju-dicial court; the beuch of judges. -See Foster v. worcester, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 81
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withdrawn, as a juror, wrlt-teu also treat. Cowell
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The examination before a com-petent tribunal, according to the law of the land, of the facts or law put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue
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An allowance made for the water or dust that may be mixed with any com-modity. It differs from tare, (q. v
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In old English law. A trithlng; the court of a ttithing
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In old English law. To turn aside; to divert a stream from its course. Bract, fols. 115, 234b. To turn or alter the course of a road. Cowell
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Lat. In Roman law. officers who had the charge of prisons, and the-execution of condemned criminals. Calvin
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An abolished writ sued on ouster by abatement, on the death of the grandfather’s grandfather
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Any misfeasance or act of one man whereby another is injuriously treated or damnified. 3 Bl. Comm. 208
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L. Fr. A great-great-grand-father. Britt c. 119. otherwise written "tresaiel,” and "tresayle” 3 Bl. Comm. 186; Lltt | 20
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