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The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering lnto the merits of the actlon, shows that the […]

Definitive; terminating; completed ; last. In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with “interlocu-tory.” Johnson v. New York, 48 […]

A young mare; a female colt An indictment charging the theft of a “filly” is not sustained by proof oi the larceny […]

Lat in old practice. A file; i. e., a thread or wire on which papers were strung, that being the ancient method […]

Lat A son; a child Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To make full; to complete; to sat-isfy or fulfill; to possess and perform the duties of Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In old English law. A ferny or bracky ground: a place where fern grows. Co. Litt. 4b; Shep. Touch. 95 Source: Black’s […]

In old records. A godson. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To fix a bastard child on some one, as Its father. To declare whose child it is. 2 W. Bl. 1017 Source: […]

The relation of a child to its parent; correlative to “paternity.” Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Engllsh practice. To file. Townsh. Pl. 67 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Brit. A name given to villeins in the laws of Hoel Ddn. Barring, obs. St 302 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

An encounter, with blows or other personal violence, between two persons. See State v. Gladden, 73 N. C. 155; Carpen-ter v. People, […]

An officer of the superior courts at westminster, whose duty it was to file the writs on Which he made process. There […]

(I have caused to he made.) In practice. The name given to the return made by a sheriff or other officer to […]

In English law. This was originally a tax or tribute, levied at ln-tervals by act of parliament, consisting of one-fifteenth of all […]

Lat To be made; to be done. See In Fieri Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

(That you cause.to be made.) in practice. A writ of execution commanding the sheriff to levy and make the amount of a […]

In Spanish law. Sequestra-, tion. This is allowed in six cases by tlie Spanish law w’here the title to property is’ in […]

Ancient Gothic courts of an inferior jurisdiction, so called Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An ancient custom in Eng-land, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred […]

An officer elected, in England, by the owners of a regulated pas-‘ ture to keep in order the fences, ditches, etc.,’ on […]

In Spanish lnw. A sequestrator; a persou in whose hands a thlng in dispute is judicially deposited; a receiver. Las Par-* tidas, […]

This term might well be con-; sidered as definite and certain a description as “close,” and might be used in law; but […]