Costs or expenses of the suit, which are generally allowed to the successful party
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In old practice. The service of a writ Townsh. Pl. 43
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In regard to trespass and other torts, this term means to eject, to put out, to drive out, and generally with an Implication of the use of force. Perry v. Fitzhowe, 8
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In old forest law. A cutting off the claws or ball of the forefeet of mastiffs or other dogs, to prevent their running after deer. Spelman; Cowell
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An expedition; an lrreg-ular kind of army. Spelman
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The whole of a person’s goods and chattels, bag and baggage, whar-ton
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Trees root-ed up or cut down to the roots. Fleta, L 2, c. 41
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To await; to look forward to something intended, promised, or likely to happen. Atchison, etc., R. Co. v. Hamlin, 67 Kan. 476, 73 Pac. 58
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In Mexican law, a term including all the papers or documents con-stitutlng a grant or title to laud from govern-ment Vanderslice v. Hanks, 3 Cal. 27, 38
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The beginning or intro-ductory part of a speech
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The voluntary act of abandoning one’s country, and becoming the citizen or subject of another. Ludlam r. Ludlam, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 489. See Emioba-tion
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A wrlt that lay for the crown’s ward, to be free from all suit to the county court, hundred court, leet, etc., during wardship. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 15a
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Lat. Let him be relieved or discharged. An entry made on a bail-piece, whereby the surety is relieved or discharged from further obligation, when the condition is fulfilled by the surrender of the principal or otherwise
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In French law. An act or lnstrument In writing which contains the reasons why a party in a civil suit, or a per-8ou accused, who haR been summoned, agree-ably to the requisitions of a decree, does not appear. Poth. Proc. Crim. | 3, art. 3. The same as “Essoin,” (q. v
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The removal of a bur-den, charge, or duty. Particularly, the act of rellevlng a person or estate from a charge or liability by castlng the same upon another person or estate. Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Comm., 114 Ky. 787, 71 S. W. 916; Bannon v. Burnes (C. C.) 39 Fed. 898
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In old English law. To outlaw; to deprive one of the benefit and protection of the law, (exuere aliquem benefl-cio legis.) Spelman
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In old English law. An out-law; qui est extra legem, one who is out ot the law’s protection. Bract, fol. 125. Qui beneficio legis privatur. Spelman
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A term nsed in medl-cal jurisprudence to denote the wound made by a weapon on the side where it emerges, after it has passed completely through the body, or through nny part of it
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Children; offspring. The rents, Issues, and profits of lands and tenements. An export duty. The conclusion of the pleadings
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In the civil law. The civll reputation which belonged to the. Roman citizen, as such. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 135. Called a state or condition of nnlmpeached dignity or character, (dignitatis inltes# status;) the highest standing of a Roman citl-zen. Dig. 50, 13, 5, 1
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Lat. It goes forth. This word is used in docket entries as a brief mention of the issue of process. Thus, “exit fl. fa.” denotes that a writ of fieri facias has been Issued in the particular case. The “exit ot a writ” is the fact of its issuance
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To live; to have life or anima-tlon; to be in present force, activity, or effect at a given time: as in speaking of “ex-i8ting” contracts, creditors, debts, laws, rights, or liens. Merritt v. Grover, 57 Iowa, 493. 10 N. W. 879; whitaker v. Rice, 9 Mlnn. 13 (Gil. 1), 86 Am. Dec. 78; wing v. Slater, 19
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