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Staying or abiding; dwelling temporarily In a place Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Several persons who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the English parliament The lower house, so called because the commons of the realm, that is, the knights, citizens, and burgesses […]

In Scotch law. Land possessed in common by different proprietors, or by those having acquired rights of servitude. Belt Source: Black's Law […]

in English law. Per* sons having a right of common. So called because they have a right to pasture on the waste, […]

1. The class of subjects in Great Britain exclusive of the royal family and the nobility. They are represented in parliament by […]

In English law. The Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The commoners, or tenants and inhabitants, who have the right of common or coinmoning in open field. CoweU Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

Entitled to common. Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, as horses and oxen, or such as manure the land, as […]

In old deeds. The right of common. See Common Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Tbe name of a conrt of record having general original jurisdic-tlon in civil suits Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In conveyanc-Ing. A species of common assurance, or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, formerly in frequent use in England. […]

ses the body of those principles and rules of action, relating to the govern-ment and security of persons and property, which derive […]

The English conrt of common pleas was formerly so called. Its original title appears to have been simply “The Bench,” but it […]

1. As distinguished from the Roman law, the modern civil law. the canon law, and other systems, the com-mon law is that […]

In pleadlng. (other-wise called, “blank bar.”) A plea to compel the plalntlff to assign the particular place where the trespass has been […]

In the civil law. He who lends to another a thing for a definite time, to be enjoyed and used under certain […]

As an adjective, this word denotes usual, ordinary, accustomed; shared amongst several; owned by several Jolntly. State v.. o’Conner, 49 Me. 596; […]

Lat. In the civil law. An action of loan; an action for a thing lent. An actlon glven for the recov-ery of […]

In Spanish law. A con-tract by which one person lends gratuitous* ly to another some object not consumable, to be restored to […]

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

In the civil law. The mixing together or confusion of things, dry or solid, belonging to different owners, as dis-tinguished from confusio, […]

In practice. To send a per-son to prison by virtue of a lawful authori-ty, for any crime or contempt, or to an […]

In practice. An assembly or board of persons to whom the consideration or management of any matter is com-mitted or referred by […]

Caused by or consisting in acts of commission, as distinguished from neglect, sufferance, or toleration; as in the phrase “commissive waste,” which […]