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In English ecclesiastical law. The church of the blshop of the dlo-cese, in which is his cathedra, or throne, nnd his special […]

Land In Norfolk, so call-ed because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the […]

LL. A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest […]

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

Things caught, and in the possession, custody, power, and dominion of the party, with a present capacity to use them for hls […]

A tenant in capite. A tenant holding immediately of the crown. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An old name for an archdeacon Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A chattel. Most frequent-ly used in the plural form, catalla, (q. v Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Goods and chattels. See Ca-talla Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An obsolete writ that lay where a house was within a borough, for rent issuing out of the same, and which war-ranted […]

For the re Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Inevitable accldent; an event not to be foreseen or guarded against A loss from such an event or cause; as by fire, […]

In old English Law. Chattels. The word among the Normans prlma-rlly signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are still called, […]

A writ of entry framed under the provisions of the statute of Gloucester, (6 Edw. I.,) c. 7, which lay for the […]

That which happens accident-ally, or is brought about by causes un* known; fortuitous; the result of chance. Lewis v. Lofley, 92 Ga. […]

In the Roman law. Relating to the camp or military service Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Engllsh law. A writ of entry, granted where tenant hy the curtesy, or tenant for life, allenated in fee, or […]

where the votes of a deliberative assembly or legislative body are equally divided on any question or motion, it is the privilege […]

In feudal law. An imposition anciently laid upon such persons as lived within a certain distance of any castle, towards the maintenance, […]

In Sax-on and old English law. Castle work. Serv-ice and labor done by Inferior tenants for the bulldlng and upholding castles and […]

An engine used to punish women who have been convicted of being common scolds. It is sometimes called the “trebucket," “tumbrel,” “ducking-stool," […]

A castellaln; the keeper or constable of a castle. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Engllsh law. The preclnct or juris-diction of a castle. Blonnt Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

(Lat That the writ be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement, where […]

In old Engllsh law. The lord, owner, or captain of a castle; the constable of a fortified house; a person having the […]