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In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, the lords of manors anciently claimed the privilege of having thelr tenants’ flocks or sheep […]

Lat. A common bull; because he was free to all the tenants withln such a manor, liberty, etc Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

A cartel of commerce, a book of rates, a table or catalogue, drawn usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several […]

In old Engllsh law. A heap; a hay-mow, or hay-stack. Foenum in tas* is, hay In stacks. Reg. orig. 96 Source: Black’s […]

Lat. In practice. The name of a return made by the sberiff to a writ, when it came Into his hands too […]

A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise by reason of the weight of the box, cask, bag, or other recep-tacle […]

Span. In Spanish law. Pre-emption. white, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. 3 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Mexican law. The right enjoyed by nn usufructuary of property, of buying the property at the same price at which the […]

In old Irish law. A spe-cles of tenure, founded on anclent usage, which allotted the lnherltance of lands, cas-tles, etc., to the […]

In old Engllsh law. Tan-nery; the trade or business of a tanner. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 52, I 35 Source: Black’s Law […]

Lat. Notwithstanding; never-theless; yet Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Property which may be touched; such as is perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used […]

A phrase used as the name of a writ of error from inferior courts, when the error is supposed to be as […]

Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wlld-ness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are descrlbed as domita) natura […]

Y, or TALLY. A stick cut lnto two parts, on each whereof is marked, with notches or otherwise, what is due between […]

L. Lat A tax or tribute; tal-lage; a share taken or cut out of any one’s Income or means. Spelman Source: Black’s […]

L. Lat. A term including all taxes. 2 Inst. 532; People v. Brooklyn, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 551; Bernards Tp. v. Allen, […]

A keepiug account by tai-lies. CowelL Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A word used metaphorically for a share of a man’s substance paid by way of tribute, toll, or tax, being derived from […]

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the pun Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Upon pleading the judgment of an inferior court, the proceedings preliminary to such judg-ment, and on which the same was founded, must, […]

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

A person summoned to act as a juror from among the by-standers in the court. Linehan v. Rtate, 113 Ala. 70. 21 […]

In old pleading. The plalntlfTs count, declaration, or narrative of his case. 8 Bl. Comm. 293 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]