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This phrase^ may refer to the place where the marriage ‘ is solemnized, or it may refer to the nation-ality and domicile […]

A law was made by Canute, for the preservation of his Danes, that, when a man was killed, the hundred or town […]

Lu Fr. England Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Frenob law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

This is said to be a word of very general signification; and, when used in an act, its meaning must be sought […]

To make free; to In-corporate a man in a society or body politic Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of mak-lng free; giving a franchise or freedom to; investiture with privileges or capacities of freedom, or, municipal or political […]

In Spanish law. Emphy-teusis. (q. v.) See Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 103 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to enforce a writ, a judgment, or the collec-tion […]

To invest with an estate by feoffment. To make a gift of any corporeal hereditaments to another. See Feoffment Source: Black’s Law […]

The act of investing with any dignity or possession; also the instrument or deed by which a person is in-vested with possessions […]

In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctively known as “endowed schools;” and a series of acts of parliament regulating them are […]

1. The assignment of ilower; the setting off a woman’s dower. 2 Rl. Comm. 135 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In medical Jurlspru-dence. An inflammatlon of the muscular tissue of the heart Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Indobse Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In mining law, the end lines of a claim, as platted or laid down on the ground, are those which mark its […]

or ENDENIZEN. To make free; to enfranchise Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Incumbeb Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Incumbrance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To gain unlawfully upon the lands, property, or authority of another ; as if one man presses upon the grounds of another […]

An encroachment upon a street or highway is a fixture, such as a wall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the […]

In Spanish law. A grant from the crown to a private person of a certain portion of territory in the Spanish colonies, […]

In criminal law. To instigate; to incite to action; to give cour-age to; to inspirit; to embolden; to raise confidence; to make […]

In the Scotch law. To shut up a jury after the case has been submitted to them. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 634. […]

See Inclosure Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)