Villein-socmen, who could not be removed from the land while they did the service due. Bract, c. 7; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 269
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The gathering of grain aft-er reapers, or of grain left ungathered by reapers. Held not to be a right at common law. 1 H. Bl. 51
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A turf, sod, or clod of earth. The soil or ground; cultivated land in gen-eral. Church land, (solum et dos ecclesi#.) Spelman. See Glebe
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A sword, lance, or horseman’s staff, one of tbe weapons allowed in a trlal by combat
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In the clvll law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of trees
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A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat. Paris
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Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls or comites (the klng’s attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were made by being girt with swords, (gladio succincti
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In Louisiana law. A phrase (translating the Fr. “Ration en payement”) which signifies the delivery and acceptance of real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt, Instead of a payment in money. See Civil Code La. art 2655
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A ceremony anciently performed In England by serjeants at law at the time of their appointment. The rlngs were inscribed with a motto, generally in Latin
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1. To transfer or yleld to, or be-stow upon, another, one of the operatlve words in deeds of conveyance of real property, importing at common law, a warranty or covenant for qulet enjoyment durlng the lifetime of the grantor. Mack v. Patchin, 29 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 23; Young v. Hargrave, 7 ohio, 69, pt 2; Dow v. Lewis, 4 Gray (Mass.) 473
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In Saxon law. A pledge. Fred-gisle, a pledge of peace. Qislebert, an lllus-trious pledge
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In pleadlng. The essential ground or object of the actlon in point of law, with-ont which there would be no cause of action. Gould, Pl. c. 4, S 12; Hathaway v. Rlce, 19 Vt. 102
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L. Fr. To lie. Gist en le bouche, it lies in the mouth. Le action bien gist, the action well lies. Qisant, lying
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An agister; a person who takes cattle to graze
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L. Fr. Agistment; cattle taken in to graze at a certain price; also the money received for grazing cattle
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An Italian word, which sig-nifles the drawer of a bill. It is derived from “girare,” to draw
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In Saxon aud old English law. A measure of length, equal to one yard, de-iived from the girth or circumference of a man’s body
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In Saxon law. Members of a gild or decennary, oftener spelled “con-gildo.” Du Cange; Spelman
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L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied in Britton to those who sold false or spurious things for good, as pewter for sil-ver or laten for gold. Britt c. 15
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