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one who makes surveys of land; one who has the overseeing or care of another person’s land or works

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one who survives another; one who outlives another; one of two or more persons who lives after the death of the other or others

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LaL A surrender

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The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its contents ascer-tained; also a statement of the result of such survey, with the courses and distances and the quantity of the land

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L. Fr. In old English law. Neglect; omission; default; cessation

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Lat in old con-veyancing. To render up; to surrender

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Stealthily or fraud-ulently done, taken away, or introduced

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In Enclisb law. one

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The person to whom a surrender is made

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one who makes a surreuder. one who yields up a copyhold ee-tate for the purpose of conveying it

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In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rejoinder. Steph. Pl. 59

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A yielding up of an es-tate tor life or years to hlm who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement. Co. Lltt. 337b. And see Coe v. Hobby, 72 N. Y. 145, 28 Am. Rep. 120; Gluck v. Baltlmore, 81 Md. 315

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In equity praetieo. Tbe

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In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rebutter. Steph. Pl. 59

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That -which remains of a fnnd appropriated for a particular purpose; the remainder of a thing; the overplus; tbe residue. See People’s F. Ius. Co. v. Parker, 35 N. J. Law, 577; Towery v. McGaw (Ky.) 56 S. W. 727; Appeal of Coates, 2 Pa. 137. —Surplus earnings. See Earnings

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In pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign aud impertinent to the cause. All matter beyond the circumstances necessary to constitute the action. See State v. whitehouse, 95 Me. 179, 49 Atl. 869; Adams v. Capital State Bank, 74 Miss. 307, 20 South. 881; Bradley v. Rey-nolds, 61 Conn. 271, 23 Atl. 928

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The family name; the name over and above the Chrlstlan name. The part of a name which is not given in baptism; the last name; the name common to all members of a family

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In English ecclesias^ tical law. Fees payable on ministerial oflices of the church; such as baptisms, funerals, marriages, etc

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one whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local Injuries or disorders, whether by manual operation, or by medication and , constitutional treatment, webster. See Smith v. Laue, 24 Hun (N. Y.) 632; Stewart v. Raab, 55 Minn. 20, 56 N. W. 256-; Nelson v. State Board of Health, 108 Ky. 769, 57 S. W. 501, 50 L. R. A. 383.

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Formerly where a defendant pleaded a local custom, for iustance, a cus: tom of the city of London, it was necessary for him to “surmise,” that is, to suggest that such custom should be certified to the court by the mouth of the recorder, and without such a surmise the issue was to be tried by the country as other issues of fact are. 1 Burrows, 251; Vin. Abr. 246

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The contract of suretyship is that whereby one obligates himself to pay the debt of another in consideration of credit or indulgence, or other benefit given to his principal, the principal remaining bonnd therefor. It differs from a guaranty in this: that the consideration of the latter is a benefit flowing to the guarantor. Code Ga. 1882, | 2148. See Subett

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See WATBB

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Lat in the civil law. Deaf; a deaf person. InsL 2, 12, 3. fifurdus et routes, a deaf and dumb person

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A surety is one who at the re-quest of another, nnd for the purpose of securing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of some act in favor of a third person, or hypothecates property as security therefor. Civ. Code CaL S 2831; Civ. Code Dak. | 1673

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The highest au-thority in a state, all other powers in it he-ing Inferior thereto

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