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Protection; assurance; ln-demnlficatlon. The term is usually applled to an obligation, pledge, mortgage, deposit, llen, etc., given by a debtor in order […]

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

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To give security; to assure of payment, performance, or Indemnity; to guaranty or make certain the payment of a debt or discharge […]

A creditor who holds some special pecuniary assurance of payment of his debt, such as a mortgage or lien Source: Black's Law […]

Not spiritnal; not ecclesias-tlcal; relatlng to affairs of the present world Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil and common law. According to. occurring In many phrases of familiar use, as follows Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

A writ whlch lay for a dowress, or oue in wardship, to be free from suit of court CoweU Source: Black's Law […]

Lat in Roman law. Purchasers at auction, or public sales Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In text-books, codes, statutes, ahd other juridical writings, the smallest dlstlnct and numbered subdivlstons are com-inonly called * “sections,” sometlmes “artl des,” […]

In Amerlcan land law. A divislon or parcel of land, on the government survey, comprising one square mile or 640 acres. Each […]

In old English law. Sult; at-lendance at court; the plaintiff's suit or fol-lowing, i. e., the witnesses whom he was re-quired, in […]

Suitors of conrt who, among the Saxons, gave thelr judgment or verdict In civil suits upon the matter of fact and law. […]

To conceal or hide away. Particularly, to put property out of the reach of credltors, either by corporally hiding lt, or putting […]

“A religious sect is a body or number of persons united in tenets, hut con-stituting a distinct organization or party, by holding […]

Concealed; hidden; not made public; particularly, In law, kept from the knowledge or notice of persons liable to be affected by the […]

The secretary of a corporatlon or assoclatlon is an officer charged with the direction and management of that part of the business […]

This term, as used in law, may denote elther sequence in point of tlme or inferiority or postponement in respect to rank, […]

In criminal law. Those per-sons who asslst, direct, and support other* engaged in fighting a duel Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Thls adjectlve, applied to a vessel, signlfles that she is properly con-structed, prepared, manned, equipped, and provided, for the voyage lntended. See […]

A want of remedy by dlstress. Litt. $ 218. See Rent, want of present fruit or profit, as in the case of […]

The name used by the Al-gonquin Indians for the shell beads (or wampum) which passed among the Indians as money, webster Source: […]

In marine insurance, A warranty of seaworthiness means that the vessel is competent to resist the Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In English law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain […]

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