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In oontraots. The term “goods” is not so wide as “chattels,” for it applies to Inanimate objects, and does not in-clude animals […]

In oid English law. A breach in a bank or sea wall, or a passage worn by the flux and reflux of […]

1. Valld; sufliclent in law; effectual ; unobjectionable Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Tbe flctl-tious plaintiff in the old action of ejectment, most frequently called “John Doe,” was some-times called “Goodright” or “Goodtitle.” Source: Black’s […]

In Hindu law. An agent; a steward; a confidential factor; a representative Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In medical jurlsprud-ence. A venereal disease, characterized by a purulent inflammation of the urethra Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A mulct or flne In gold Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Lat. A jester, buf-foon, or juggler. Spelman, voc. “Goliar-densis Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In various compound phrases (as those which follow) thls term lmplies elther motlon, progress, active operation, or present and continuous validlty and […]

A mlne. Blount A slnk or passage for water. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That which is offered to God or his service. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An old form of the word “cucking-stool,” (q. v.) Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The an Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An ecclesiastical or church flne paid for crimes and offenses committed against God. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

YN. A hollow between two mountains; a valley or glen. Co. Lltt. 5b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A contrivance or structure for draining waters out of the land into the sea. Callis describee goats as […]

Extraordinary re-wards formerly given to officers of courts, etc.; money formerly given by the sheriff of a county in which no offenders […]

It was an ancient custom on a maiden assize, when there was no offender to be tried, for the sheriff to present […]

In the civil law. A commentator or annotator. A term applied to the professors and teachers of the Roman law in the […]

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

An lnterpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an annotation, explanation, or comment on any passage in the text […]

Lat. A gloss, explanation, or interpretation. The gloss# ot the Roman law are brief illustrative comments or annotations on the text of […]

Commissioners appointed to determine differences between scholars in a school or university and the townsmen of the place. Jacob Source: Black’s Law […]

Lat. In the civil law. A husband’s sister. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In ecclesiastical law. The Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)