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The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the Freuch, and used to denote the true meaning or signification of […]

L. Fr. To make subject to a service or servitude. Britt c. 54 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Settled or limited to sped-fied heirs, or in tail Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To insert in a list, ae-count, or writing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To seal. Ensealing is still used as a formal word in conveyancing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L Lat A creature of the law ; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as […]

To register; to make a record ; to enter on the rolls of a court; to tran-scrlbe. Ream v. Com., 3 Serg. […]

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 […]

Anciently used for implead. CowelL Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

or ENQUEST. In canon law. An examination of wltnesses, taken down in writing, by or before an authorized judge, for the purpose […]

In old practlce and pleadlng. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et alia enormia, and other wrongs. Thls phrase con-stantly occurs in the […]

Aggravated. “So enormous a trespass.” Vaughan, 115. written “enormlous,*’ in some of the old books. Enor-mioue is where a thlng is made […]

Extending, or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, which is a remedial statute enlarging or ex-tending the common law. 1 Bl. […]

The act of one who voluntarily enters the military or naval service of the government, contracting to serve In a subordinate capacity. […]

To make larger; to in-crease; to extend a time limit; to grant fur-ther time. Also to set at liberty one who has […]

To require; command; posi-tively direct To require a person, by writ of injunction from a court of equlty, to per-form, or to […]

The exercise of a right; the possession and fruition of a right, privilege, or incorporeal hereditament Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

L. Fr. Inheritance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The share of the eldest ▲ term of the Engllsh law descriptlve of the lot or share chosen by the eldest of […]

In English law. The getting into one’s possession, or buying up, large quantities of corn, or other dead vict-uals, with intent to […]

This word, taken in an unqualified sense, is synonymous with “in-creased,” and comprehends any increase of value, however caused or arising. Thorn-burn […]

In copyright law. The art of producing on hard material incised or raised patterns, lines, and the like, from which an impression […]

To copy the rude draft of an instrument in a fair, large hand. To write out, in a large, fair hand, on […]

In Eng-lish law. A proceeding in the court of ex-‘ chequer in matters of revenue Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)