A tumbrel, castigatory, or cucking-stool. See James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227
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In practice. Dam-ages given by statute in certain cases, con-sisting of the single damages found by Ute
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“In conse-quence of this article, the trebellanlc portion of the civil law—that is to say, the portion ot the property of the testator which the insti-tuted heir had a right to detain when he was charged with a fidei commissa or fiduciary bequest—is no longer a part of our law.” Civ. Code La. art. 1520, par. 3
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An oflicer of a public or private corporation, company, or government, charged with the receipt, custody, and disbursement of its moneys or funds. See State v. Eames, 39 La. Ann. 986, 3 South. 93; Mutual L. Ins. Co. v. Martien, 27 Mont. 437, 71 Pac. 470; weld v. Mny, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 189; In re MIllward-Cliff Cracker Co.’s Es-tate, 161 Pa. 167, 28 Atl. 1072
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A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, a place where the puhllc revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government, webster
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A treasure is a tblug hid-deu or buried in the earth, on which no one can prove’ his property, and which is disco v-ered by chance. Civil Code La. art 3423, par. 2. See Treasube-Tbove
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Literally, treas-ure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden in the earth or oth-er private place, the owner thereof being un-known. 1 Bl. Comm. 295. Called in Latin "thesaurus inventus;” and in Saxon “fgn-deringa” See Huthmacher v Harris, 38 Pa. 499, 80 Am. Dec. 502; Livermore v. white, 74 Me. 456, 43 Am. Rep. 600; Sovern v. Yoran, 16 or. 209, 20 Pac. 100, 8 Am. St Rep. 293
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The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to •which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a for-eign power, webster
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This is a pleading in chancery, and consists of a denial put in by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, generally denying all the statements in the plaintiff's bill The effect of it is to put the plaintiff upon proof of the whole contents of his bill, and is only resorted to for the pur-pose of saving titue, and in a case where the plaintiff can safely dispense with an answer. A copy of the note must he served on the defendant Brown
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In the language of plead-ing, a traverse slgnifies a denial. Thus; where a defendant denies any materlal allegation of fact in the plaintiff’s declaration, he is said to traverse it, and the plea Itself is thence frequently termed a “traverse.” Brown
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In pleading, one who traverses or denies. A prisoner or i»arty in-dicted; so called from his traversing the indictment
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To go from one piace to another at a distance; to journey; spoken of voluntary change of place. See white v. Beazley, 1 Barn. & Aid. 171; Hancock v. Rand, 94 N. Y. 1, 46 Am. Rep. 112; Gholson v. State, 53 Ala. 521, 25 Am. Rep. 652; Camp-bell v. State, 28 Tex. App. 44, 11 S. W. 832; State v. Smith, 157 Ind. 241, 61 N. E. 566, 87 Am. 8t. Rep. 205
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The term is used in a broad sense to designate those who patronize inns. Traveler is one who travels in any way. Distance is not material. A towns-man or neighbor may be a traveler, and therefore a guest at an inn, as well as he who comes from a distance or from a foreign cohntry. walling v. Potter, 35 Conn. 185
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In medical jurisprudence. A wound; any injury to the body caused by external violence
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The act of child-bearing. A woman is said to be hi her travail from the time the pains of child-bearing commence un-til her delivery. Scott v. Donovan, 153 Mass. 378, 26 N. E. 871
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Drawing; one who draws. The drawer of a bill of exchange
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one who is drawn, or drawn upon. The drawee of a bill of exchange. Heinecc. de Camb. c. 6, §8 5, 6.
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In Scotch law, an action of transumpt is an action competent t$ any one having a partial interest in a writf ing, or immediate use for it, tp support bis title or defenses in other actions. It is directed against the custodier of the writing^ calling upon him to exhibit it, in order that a transumpt, i. e., a copy, may be judicially made and delivered to the pursuer. BelL , * »
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In Spanish law. A copyt p sight, white, New Recop. b. 3, tit 7, e. X
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In old New York iaw. A' conveyance of land. • .» «
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