Lat A root or stock of descent or title. Taklng property by rlght of representation is called “succession per stirpes" in opposition to taking in one’s own right, or os a prlncipal, which is termed “taking per capita" See Rotmanskey v. Heiss, 86 Md. 633, 39 AU. 415
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In the civil law. The party who asked the questlon in the contract of stipulation; the other party, or he who an-swered, beiug called the “promissor." But, in a more general sense, the term was ap-plled to both the partles. Calvin
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Relating to stirpes, roots, or stocks. “Stipital distribution” of property is distribution per stirpes; that is, by right of representation
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A salary; settled pay. Man-gam v. Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 597, 50 Am. Rep. 706
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Estates granted In return for services, generally of a military kind. 1 Steph. Comm. 174
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Lat Tn the civll law. The drip of water from the eaves of a honse. The servitnde stillicidii consists in the right to have the water drip from one’s eaves upon the house or ground of another. The term “/lumen” designated the rain-water collected from the roof, and carried off by the gutters, and there is a similar easement of having it discharged upon the adjoining estate. Mac-keld. Rom. Law, f 317, par. 4
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In English law. Limit; a limited number. Used as descriptive of a species of common. See Common sans Nombek
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Agree-ing, in conslderatlon of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prose-cuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy; e. g., perjury. Sweet
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A stillborn child is one born dead or in such an early stage of preg-nancy as to be incapable of living, though not actually dead at the time of birth. Chil-dren born within the first six months after conception are considered by the civil lnw as incapable of living, and therefore, though
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In the old books. To stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance. “The conrt stuck a little at this exception." 2 Show. 491
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(1) An Inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbltrator. (3) An ob-stinate contender about anything
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This word signlfles a man appointed in the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal oflicer within his jurisdiction. Brown
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Certain brothels anciently per-mitted in England, suppressed by Henry VIII. Also, breeding places for tame pheas-ants
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A person employed In loading and unloading vessels. The Senator (D. C.) 21 Fed. 191; Rankin v. Merchants’ & M. Transp. Co., 73 Ga. 232, 54 Am. Rep. 874; The Elton, 83 Fed 521, 31C. C. A, 496
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In English law. Current or standard coin, especially silver coin; a standard of coinage
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If the plalntlff in a plaint in the mayor’s court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant and ob-tained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wishes to contest the plain-tiff’s claim, and obtain restoration of his property, must issue a scire facias ad dis-prob an dum debitum; lf the only question to be tried is the plaintiff's debt, the plaintiff in appearing to the scire facias prays stet billa “that his bill original," i. e., his orig-inal plaint, “may stand, and that the defend-ant may plead thereto.” The actlon then pro-ceeds in the usual way as if the proceedings in attachment (which are founded on a fictitious default of the defendant in appearing to the plaint) had not taken place. Brand, F. Attachm. 115; Sweet
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