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Lat Such; such men. when, by means of challenges or any other cause, a sufficient number of unexceptionable jurors does uot appear […]

1. To lay hold of; to gain or receive into possession; to seize; to deprive one of the possession of; to assume […]

In criminal law and torts. The act of laylng hold upon an artlcle, with or without removing the same Source: Black’s Law […]

In Scotch law. An entall. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exercising hls inherent rigbt of disposing of his […]

A conviction of felony, or tbe person so convicted. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one’s substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell […]

Fr. In old Frenob law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Limlted; abridged; reduced; curtailed, as a fee or estate in fee, to a certain order of succession, or to certain heirs Source: […]

An estate of In-heritance, which, instead of descending to heirs generally, goes to the helrs of the donee’s body, whlch menns his […]

Lat in old Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Ellz. 105. The description of a corporal oath Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

The unlting securities given at different times, so as to prevent any inters mediate purchaser from claiming a title to kedeem or […]

In Scotch law. A tenant or lessee; one to whom a tack is granted. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 153 Source: […]

Lat Silently; implledly; tacitly Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law, thls signifies laches in not prosecuting a legal clalm, or in acquiescing in an adverse one. Mozley A whitley […]

In old records. A klnd of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Silent; not expressed; Implied or Inferred; manifested by the refraining from contradiction or objection; Inferred from the situation nnd circumstances, in the […]

Lat in Roman law. Ta-bles. writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat A notary, or ta-bellio. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civU law. A ta-ble or tablet; a thin sheet of wood, w’hich, when covered with wax, was used for […]

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

A synopsis or condensed state-ment, bringing together numerous items or Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

Lat in tbo civU lav. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In medical jurisprudence. This is another name for locomotor ataxia. Tabetic dementia is a form of mental derangement or Insanity complicated with […]