So much land as one’s plow can till in a year; a hide ot land. CowelL
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To enlarge or increase. In an action of tort, circumstances of aggravation may “swell'* the damages
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A term colloquially applled to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readl-ness to answer questions or volunteer infor-mation
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In old English law. A freeman or freeholder within the forest
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In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote, thrice in ev-ery year, the stceins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its principal ju-risdiction was—First, to inquire into the op-presslons and grievances committed hy the officers of the forest; and, secondly, to receive and try presentments certified from the court of attachments in offenses against vert and venison. 8 Bl. Comm. 72
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Showing to a magistrate that one has just cause to be afraid of another in consequence of his mena-ces, in order to have him bouud over to keep the peace
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Comprehensive; Including in its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection
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worth-money; or guard-money paid in lieu of the service of castle-ward. Cowell
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1. To put on oath; to admlnls-ter an oath to a person
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Lat in old. English law. A proper judge; a judge haviug cognizance pf a cause. Literally, one's own judge. Bract, fol. 40L
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L. Fr. In French and feudal law. The Immediate vassal of the king; a crown vassal
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Lat. To render to every one his own. one of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian
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LaL In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin
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The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton
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A person who, as a business, follows an army and sells provisions and liquor to the troops
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The act of suspecting, or the state of being suspected; imagination, generally of something ill; distrust; mistrust ; doubt. McCalls v. State, 66 Ga. 3
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A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like Thus, we speak of a suspension ot the writ of habeas corpus) ot a- statute, of the power of alienating ait estate, bf a person in office, etc
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To interrupt; to cause to cease for a time; to stay, delay, or hinder; to discontinue temporarily, but with an ex-, pectation or purpose of resumption.' To for-bid a public officer, attorney, or ecclesiastical person from performing his duties or exercising his functions for a more or less definite interval of time. See Insurance Co. v. Aiken,1 82 Va. 428; Stack v. o’Hara, 08 Pa. 232; Reeside v. U. S., 8 wall. 42, 19 L. Ed. 318 : williston v. Camp, 9 Mont 88, 22 Pac. 501; Dyer v. Dyer, 17 R. I. 547, 23 AtL 910; State v. Melvin, 166 Mo. 565, 66 S. W. 534; Poe ▼. State, 72 Tex. 625,10 S. W. 732. See Sus-PEJiSioN. . .
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In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made
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The living of one of two or more persons after the death of the other dr others
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An abbreviation of “suspendatur per collum,’’ let him be hanged
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