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

A writ which lay for a wld-ow. against the executor of her deceased husband, to compel the executor to set ofT to […]

Exempt from the fot-felture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the king. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A precept in writing, couched In the form of a letter, running in the name of the king, president, or state, issuing […]

An aggravated species of •assault and battery, consisting iu one per-8on giving another some* dangerous hurt. 3 Bl. Comm. 121 Source: Black’s […]

At eommon law. Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon the land by the sea, aud, as lying within the […]

OD. In the English . law of descent. A term applled to males, expressive of the preference giveu to them over females. […]

A certain quantity of land so called in the manor of •Kingsland, in Hereford. The tenants are called “worthies.” wharton Source: Black’s […]

Thls term sometlmes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an Interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that […]

The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Rell-gious exercises participated In by a number of persons assembled for […]

one who labors; one who is employed to do business for another Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

This term means sometimes a mill, factory, or other establishment for performing industrial labor of any sort, (South St. Joseph Land Co. […]

A place where convicts (or paupers) are confined and kept at labor Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In settling lay-days, or days of demurrage, sometimes the con-tract specifies “working daysin the compu-tation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded. 1 […]

The name of one of the common counts in actions of assumpsit, being for work and labor done and materials furnished by […]

or WORK-HORSE Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A forest; iand covered with a large and thick collection of natural forest Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

As used in law, this word gen-erally slgnlfies the technlcal terms and phrases approprlate to particular instruments, or aptly fitted to the […]

A court held twlce In the year iu the forest of Clun, in Shropshire, for determining all matters of wood and’ agistments. […]

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

A license or right to cut down, remove, and use standing timber on a given estate or tract of land, osborne v. […]

In forest law. The old name of the court of attachments; other-wise called the “Forty-Days Court” Cowell; 8 Bl. Comm. 71 Source: […]

In old records. A certain quantity of oats or other grain, pnld by customary tenants to the lord, for liberty to pick […]

In old English law. Money paid for the llberty of taking wood in a forest. Coweil Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

All the females of the human species. All such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. Dig. 50, 16, 13 […]