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The grantor or donor in a deed of settlement Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To adjust, ascertain, or liqui-date; to pay. Partles are sald to settle an account when they go over lts ltems and as-certaln […]

NT. In conveyancing. A Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To bring forward or allege, as somethlng relied upon or deemed sufficient; to propose or interpose, by way of defense, explanation, or […]

In Scotch law. The granter of a tack or lease. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 2, p. 153 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A counter-claim or cross-de-mand; a claim or demand which the defend-ant in an action sets off against the claim of the plaintiff, […]

In pleadlng. To recite or narrate facts or drcumstauces; to allege or aver; to describe or to lncorporate; as, to set out […]

To set down a cause for trlal or hearlng at a given term is to enter ita tltle in the calendar, list, […]

In mercantile law. Foreign bllls are usually drawn in duplicate or tripllcate, the several parts be-Ing called respectively “first of exchange,” “second […]

The sitting of a court, legis-lature, council, commission, etc., for the transaction of its proper business. Hence, the period of time, within […]

To set aside a judgment, decree, award, or any proceedings is to can-cel, annul, or revoke them at the instance of a […]

In English law. A tax, rate, or assessment Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in old English law. A sitting; a session. Sessio parliomenti, the slttlng of parliament Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat in the civil law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civil and old English law. A slave; a bondman. Inst. 1, 8, pr.; Bract fol. 4b Source: Black's Law […]

In old Eng-lish practice. Servants or messengers of the marshal of the king's bench, sent out with bills or writs to summon […]

1. The condition of be-lng bound to service; the state of a person who is subjected, voluntarily or otherwise, to another person […]

Lat in feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and per-formance which a tenant was bound to ren-der to hls […]

A serving-man; particularly applied to students at oxford, upon the foundation, who are simiiar to sizars at Cam-bridge. wharton Source: Black's Law […]

Serving; subject to a service or servitude. A servient estate is one which is burdened with a servitude Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

A Judl Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Eng-lish practice. Serjeant at law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

IS. In old Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fr. These are, in French law, the easements of English law. Brown Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish law. A servitude. The right and use which one man has in the buildings and estates of an-other, to use […]