Ore

See Mine; Mineral; Waste, 1.

A deed conveyed all the zinc and other ores, except franklinite existing separate from the zinc. Held, that the grantee took both ores when the franklinite was mixed mechanically with the zinc; also, that what was meant by " zinc " might be explained by evidence outside of the deed.* ORE TENtrS. L. By mouth, by word of mouth; orally, verbally. Oral evidence is evidence ore tenus.* In early times, pleadings were ore tentis, or viva voce, in court, and minuted down by the clerk, whose minutes were called the "parol." ' ' [4 Coke, Inst. 35; Coke, Litt. 159 b; Barr. Stat. 41 (•); 3 Reeves, Eng. Law, 148. ' Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch, 125 U. S. 9 (1888), cases. See at length K. S. pp. 13-16; 3 Scribner's Mag. 408 (1888). ' L. ordinarius, regular; also, an overseer; ordo, order. * See 2 Bl. Com. 494, 608. *New Jersey Zinc Co. v. Boston Franklinite Co., 15