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Lat. By the head; by the poll; severally to each individual Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Live cattle. Blonnt Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. Chief, principal; at the head. A term applied to Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The common stock or fund of a corporation. The sum of money raised by the subscriptions of the stockhold-ers, and dlvlded into […]

A thing which is stolen, or the value of it. Blount Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

(Let him be taken for the fine.) In English practice. A clause inserted at the end of old judgment records in actions […]

Heads, and, figuratively, en-tire bodies, whether of persons or animals. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Vessels of war owned by pri-vate persons, and different from ordinary prlvateers only in size, belng smaller. Beawes, Lex Merc. 230 Source: […]

I^at. “That you take." The general name for several species of writs, the common characteristic of which is that they require the […]

In Engllsh practice. A judicial writ touching a plea of . lands or tenements, divlded lnto cape magnum, or the grand cape, […]

In old records. A box, cabinet, or repository in which were pre-served the relics of martyrs. Spelman. A small building in which […]

Lat Capable of committing crime, or capable of criminal Intent. The phrase describes the condition of one who has sufficient Intelligence and […]

Competent to transact affairs; having business capacity Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of examining and counting the returns of votes cast at a pub-lic election. Bowler v. Elsenhood, 1 S. Dak. 577, […]

Legal capacity is the attri-bute of a person who can acquire new rights, or transfer rights, or assume duties, accord-ing to the […]

A district comprising a hun-dred villages; a hundred. A term used in wales in tlie same sense as “hundred” is in England. […]

In feudal law. A species of duty or tribute payable from tenant to lord, usually consisting of produce of the land Source: […]

In the civll law. A method of dlviding property held in common by two or more joint owners. See Hayes v. Cuuy, […]

In English eccleslastlcal law. The primate of all England; the chief ecclesiastical digni-tary in the church. Hls customary privilege is to crown […]

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

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical benefice, attachlng to the office of canon. Holthouse Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A chancellor; a scrivener, or notary. A janltor, or one who stood at the door of the court and was ac-customed to […]

A person who offers himself, or is presented by others, to be elected to an office. Derived from the Latin Candidas, (white,) […]

To obliterate, strike, or cross out; to destroy the effect of an instrument by defacing, obliterating, expunging, or erasing it Source: Black's […]

Chancery; the conrt of chancery. Curia canccllaria is also used in the same seuse. See 4 Bl. Comm. 46; Cowell Source: Black's […]