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Criminal jBlaves in the time of Henry L 1 Kemble, Sax. 197, (1849 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In oontraots. The being' em-ployed to serve another; duty or labor to be rendered by one person to another Source: Black's Law […]

In Scotch practice. To render a verdict or decision in favor of a person claiming to be an heir; to declare the […]

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

Notched on the edge; cut in notches like the teeth of a saw. This was anciently the method of trimming the top […]

A servant is one who is employed to render personal servlces to hls employer, otherwise than in the pursuit ot an independent […]

In old English law. oath; an oath Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A test for Insanity by means of the breaking up of the red corpuscles of the blood of the sus-pected person on […]

The same word etymologic-ally with “sergeant,” but the latter spelling is more commonly employed in the deslgna-tlon of military and police officers, […]

A species of tenure by knight service, which was due to the king only, and was distinguished Into grand and petit serjeanty. […]

Lat Severally; separately; individually; one by one Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Important; weighty; momentous, and not trifling; as in the phrases “serl-ous bodily harm,” “serious personal Injury,” etc. Lawlor v. People, 74 111. […]

In the feudal polity, the serfs were a class of persons whose social con-dition was servile, and who were bouud to labor […]

In military law. A non-commissioned officer, of whom there are several In each company of lnfantry, troop of cavalry, etc. The term […]

one to whom a sequestration is made, one appointed or chosen to perform a sequestration, or execute a writ of sequestration Source: […]

In English ecclesiastical law. A Judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the […]

Lat in the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in ■controversy, from the possession of both par-ties that […]

In equity prao-ticc. A writ authorizing the taking Into the ■custody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, […]

Small allowances of meal, or manufactured victual, made to the servants at a mill where corn was ground, by tenure, in Scotland. […]

In Euglish ecclesiastical practlce. A process in the na-ture of a levari facias, commanding the blsh-op to enter Into the rectory and […]

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

L. Lat. In old English law. Suit; process or prosecution. Sequela cans#, the process of a cause. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

A grave or tomb. The place of Interment of a dead human body. The violation of sepulchres is a misdemeanor at common […]

Lat An offering to the priest for the burial of a dead body Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in Roman law. An in Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)