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An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or in pasture Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A servlce by which ten* ants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord’s house. CowelL Source: Black’s […]

LaL A civil-law term for building material; timber Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Saxon law. An accu-sation Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

As colloquially applied to a note, bond, mortgage, lease, etc., thls term signl-fies that the clauses providing the credit-or’s remedy in case […]

Lat in the dv-il law. The name of a servitude which is the right of inserting a beam or timber from the […]

A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A close or in-closure; a croft Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Span. A time of inability; a time when the person is not able to pay his debts, (when, for instance, he may […]

The ebb and flow of the sea. See Baird v. Campbell, 67 App. Div. 104, 73 N. Y. Supp. 617 Source: Black’s […]

L. Fr. Such. Nul tiei record, no such record Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In oontraots. A slip of paper containing a certificate that the person to whom it is issued, or the holder, is en-titled […]

In order that a river may be “tidal” at a given spot, it may not be necessary that the water should be […]

In old English law. The custom of giving entertainments to a sheriff, etc., for three nights Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A colloquial expression for credit or trust; credit given for goods purchased Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A Saxon coin worth four-pence. Du Fresne Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A woodward, or per-son that looks after a wood Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To ignore, (a bill of ln-dlctment Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Within the meaning of a criminal statute, “thrusting” is not neces-sarily an attack with a pointed weapon; it means pushing or driving […]

In Saxon and old English law. The third part of a county; a division of a county consisting of three or more […]

This word is sometimes equivalent to “over;” as in a statute in ref-erence to laying out a road “through” certain grounds. Hyde […]

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of three Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Vassals, but not of the lowest degree; those who held lands of the chief lord Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In criminal law. A menace; a declaration of one’s purpose or intention to work injury to the person, property, or rights of […]