This phrase^ may refer to the place where the marriage ‘ is solemnized, or it may refer to the nation-ality and domicile of the parties between whom it is solemnized, the place where the’ union so created is to be enjoyed. 6 Prob. Div. 51
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A law was made by Canute, for the preservation of his Danes, that, when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it conld be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called “En-gleshire.” 1 Hale, P. C. 447 ; 4 Bl. Comm. 195; Spelman
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This is said to be a word of very general signification; and, when used in an act, its meaning must be sought out from the act itself, and the language which surrounds it, and also from other acts in pari materia, in which it occurs. Abbott. J., 6 Maule & 8. 192. In a large sense, it ap-plies to ail utensils and tools which afford
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To make free; to In-corporate a man in a society or body politic
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The act of mak-lng free; giving a franchise or freedom to; investiture with privileges or capacities of freedom, or, municipal or political liberty. Admission to the freedom of a city; admis-sion to political rights, and particularly the right of suffrage. Anciently, the acquisition of freedom by a villein from hls lord
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In Spanish law. Emphy-teusis. (q. v.) See Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 103
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To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to enforce a writ, a judgment, or the collec-tion of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v. Bush, 44 Pa. 320, 84 Am. Dec. 442; Emery v. Emery, 9 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 132; People v. Chrtaterson, 59 111. 158
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To invest with an estate by feoffment. To make a gift of any corporeal hereditaments to another. See Feoffment
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The act of investing with any dignity or possession; also the instrument or deed by which a person is in-vested with possessions
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In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctively known as “endowed schools;” and a series of acts of parliament regulating them are known as the “endowed schools acts.” Mozley & whitley
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1. The assignment of ilower; the setting off a woman’s dower. 2 Rl. Comm. 135
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In medical Jurlspru-dence. An inflammatlon of the muscular tissue of the heart
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In mining law, the end lines of a claim, as platted or laid down on the ground, are those which mark its bound-aries on the shorter dimension, where it crosses the vein, while the “side lines” are those which mark its longer dimension, where it follows the course of the vein. But with reference to extra-lateral rights, lf the claim as a whole crosses the vein, in-stead of following Its course, the end lines will become side lines and vice versa. Con-solidated wyomlug Gold Min. Co. v. Champion Min. Co. (C. C.) 63 Fed. 549; Del Monte Min. & Mill. Co. v. Last Chance Min. Co., 171 U. S. 55, 18 Sup. Ct. 895, 43 L. Ed. 72
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To gain unlawfully upon the lands, property, or authority of another ; as if one man presses upon the grounds of another too far, or If a tenant owe two shillings rent-service, and the lord exact three. So, too, the Spencers were said- to
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An encroachment upon a street or highway is a fixture, such as a wall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the highway or incloses a portion of lt, diminishing its width or area, but without closing it to public travel. State v. Kean, 69 N. H. 122, 45 Atl. 256, 48 Ll R. A. 102; State v. Pomeroy, 73 W1S. 664, 41 N. W. 726; Barton v. Campbell, 54 ohlo St. 147, 42 N. EL 698; Grand Rapids v. Hughes, 15 Mich. 57; State r. Leaver, 62 wis. 387, 22 N. W. 576
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In Spanish law. A grant from the crown to a private person of a certain portion of territory in the Spanish colonies, together with the concession of a certain number of the native inhabitants, on the feudal principle of commendation. 2 wools. Pol. Science, 161, 162. Also a royal grant of prlvlleges to the military orders of Spain
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In criminal law. To instigate; to incite to action; to give cour-age to; to inspirit; to embolden; to raise confidence; to make confident Comitez v. Parkerson (C. C.) 50 Fed. 170; True v. Com., 90 Ky. 651, 14 S. W. 684; Johnson v. State, 4 Sneed (Tenn.) 621
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In the Scotch law. To shut up a jury after the case has been submitted to them. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 634. See Inclose
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