The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the Freuch, and used to denote the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence; that is, the understanding or construction of law. Cowell
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L. Fr. To make subject to a service or servitude. Britt c. 54
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Settled or limited to sped-fied heirs, or in tail
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To seal. Ensealing is still used as a formal word in conveyancing
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L Lat A creature of the law ; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entire-ly from the law
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To register; to make a record ; to enter on the rolls of a court; to tran-scrlbe. Ream v. Com., 3 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 209
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In English law The registering or entering on the rolls of chan-cery, king’s bench, common pleas, or excheq-uer‘ or by the clerk of the peace in the records of the quarter sessions, of any lawful act; as a recognizance, a deed of bargain and sale, and the like. Jacob
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or ENQUEST. In canon law. An examination of wltnesses, taken down in writing, by or before an authorized judge, for the purpose of gathering testimony to be used on a trial
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In old practlce and pleadlng. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et alia enormia, and other wrongs. Thls phrase con-stantly occurs in the old writs and declara-tlons of trespass
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Aggravated. “So enormous a trespass.” Vaughan, 115. written “enormlous,*’ in some of the old books. Enor-mioue is where a thlng is made wlthout a rule or agalnst law. BrownL pt 2, p. 19
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Extending, or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, which is a remedial statute enlarging or ex-tending the common law. 1 Bl. Comm. 86, 87
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The act of one who voluntarily enters the military or naval service of the government, contracting to serve In a subordinate capacity. Morrissey v. Perry, 137 U. S. 157, 11 Sup. Ct. 57, 34 L. Ed. 644; Babbitt v. U. S., 16 Ct. Cl. 213; Erichsou v. Beach, 40 Conn. 28G
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To make larger; to in-crease; to extend a time limit; to grant fur-ther time. Also to set at liberty one who has been imprisoned or in custody
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To require; command; posi-tively direct To require a person, by writ of injunction from a court of equlty, to per-form, or to abstain or desist from, Bome act Clifford v. Stewart, 95 Me. 38, 49 Ath 52; Lawrence v. Cooke, 32 Hun, 126
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The exercise of a right; the possession and fruition of a right, privilege, or incorporeal hereditament
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The share of the eldest ▲ term of the Engllsh law descriptlve of the lot or share chosen by the eldest of coparceners when they make a voluntary par-titlon. The first choice (primer election) be* longs to the eldest Co. Litt 166
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In English law. The getting into one’s possession, or buying up, large quantities of corn, or other dead vict-uals, with intent to sell them again. The total engrossing of any other commodity, with intent to sell it at an unreasonable price
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This word, taken in an unqualified sense, is synonymous with “in-creased,” and comprehends any increase of value, however caused or arising. Thorn-burn v. Doscher (C. O.) 32 Fed. 812
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In copyright law. The art of producing on hard material incised or raised patterns, lines, and the like, from which an impression or print is taken. The term may apply to a text or Bcript, bnt is generally restricted to pictorial illustrations or works connected with the fine arts, not Including the reproduction of pictures by means of photography, wood v.. Abbott, 5. Blatchf. 825, Fed. Cas. No. 17,938; Higgins, v. Keuffel, 140 U. S. 428, 11 Sup. Ct. 731, 35 L. Ed. 470; In re American Bank Note Co., 27 Misc. Rep. 572, 58 N. Y. Supp. 276
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To copy the rude draft of an instrument in a fair, large hand. To write out, in a large, fair hand, on parch-ment
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In Eng-lish law. A proceeding in the court of ex-‘ chequer in matters of revenue
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