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Lat. In the civil lgw. A coming in place of another, on hls decease; a coming into the estate which a deceased […]

In tbe civU Uw and in Louisiana. 1. The fact ot the transmission of the rights, estate, obligations, and charges of a […]

Lat. In old Englisb law. Husbandmen Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Scotch law. Base holders; inferior holders; they who held their lands of knights. Skene Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

An under-tenant; one wbo leases all or a part of tbe rented premises from the original lessee for a term less than […]

The offense of wlth-holdlng or withdrawing from another man what by law he is entitled to. There are various descriptions of this […]

where a will contains a gift of property tq a class of persons, with a clause providing that on the death of […]

In French law. Tbe fraudulent appropriation of any property, but particularly of the goods of a decedent's estate Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

Lat. In Roman law, it was competent for a testator after instituting a baeres (called the “baeres institutus") to substitute auother (called […]

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

In English praotice. Service of process made under authorization of the court upon some other person, when the person who should be […]

In Scotch law. The person first called or nominated in a tailzie (entailment of an estate upon a number of heirs in […]

A sum. as-sessed by way of damages, wbich is worth having; opposed to nominal damuges, which Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

That part of the law which the courts are established to ad-minister, as opposed to the rules according to which the substantive […]

In Englisb law. An aid, tax, or tribute granted by parliament to the kiug for tbe urgent occasions of the king-dom, to […]

Essence; the material or essential part of a tiling, as distinguished from “form.” See State v. Bnrgdoerfer, 107 Mo. 1, 17 S. […]

Lat in Roman law. Lower seats or benches, occupied by the indices and by inferior magistrates when they sat in judgment, as […]

See Con-dition Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civU law. A writing under, or under-writing; a writ-ing of tbe name under or at tbe bottom of an […]

Tbe act of writing one’s name under a written instrument; the affixing one's signature to any document Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In the iaw of contracts. To write under; to write the name under; to write the name at the bottom or end […]

He who Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The substitution of one thing for another, or of one person Into the place of another with respect to rights, claims, or […]

A person who is suhrogat-ed; one who succeeds to the rights of another by subrogation Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. obtaining gifts of escheat, etc., from the king by concealing the truth. Bell; Calvin Source: Black's Law […]