A Dictionary of Law

In Hindulaw. <A written agreement, especially one signifying assent, as the counterpart of a revenue leage, or the document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government,

or KAIAGIUM. A whartfage-due,

In Scotch law. Poultry renderable by a vassal to his superior, reserved in the lease as the whole or a part of the rent, Bell.

A duty paid by shopkeepers in Hindostan, who retail spirituous liquors; also the place where spirituous liquors are sold. Wharton,

In English ecclesiastical law. Rural chapters, or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, which were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. Paroc

An account of time, exhibiting the days of the week and month, the seasons, etc. More commonly spelled “caiendar.”

See CALENDS,

In Saxon and old English law. K.

In Swedish law. Jettisen; a literal translation of the Latin “jactus,”

In Swedish law. Con tribution for a jettison; average.

A quay, or Key.

A Mohammedan judge or magistrate in the Hast Indies, appointed originally by the court at Delhi, to administer justice according to their written law. Under the British authorities

Therightto demand money for the privilega of anchoring a vessel ina harbor; also the money so paid,

KEKBLHAUL. Todraga person under the Keel ef aship by meana of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Ene. Lond.

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob,

A strong tower or hold in the middie of any castle or fortification, wherein the besieged make their last efforts of defense, was formerly, in England, called a “keep;” und the inn

The oxpression “keeping down interest” is famillar in legal instruments, and means the payment of interest periodically as it becomes due; but it does not includetle payment of all

In old English law. An officer (called also chief _ warden of the forest) who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest, and the control of all officers bel

In English law. A high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, grants, and commissions of the king under the great seal. He is styied “lord keeper of the great sea

In English law. An officer through whose hands pass all charters signed by the king before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was anciently called “elerk of

The master of the assay in the English mint. 12 Hen. VI. c. 14.

The English bankrupt laws use the phrase “keeping house” to denote an act of bankruptey. It is committel when a trader absents himself from his place of business and retires to his

To allow general access to one's shop, for purposes of traffic, isa violation of a statute forbidding him to “keep open” his shop on the Lord’s day, although the outer entrances ar

In English law. A duty performed by students of law, consistpose of being called to the bar. Mozley & Whitley.

Avoiding a breach of the peace; dissuading or prevent ing others from breaking the peace.

When a lessee is bound to keep the premises in repair, he must ir, he is guilty of a breach of the covenant. & Ald. 585.

Robert. <A dictionary of the Norinan or old French language. 1 yol. 8yoa, London, 1779.

In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband’s landa which belong to the widow in right of her terce or dower. Bell.

Inmaritimelaw. <A per. manent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleanliness, and

The division of acounty; a hundred in Wales. See CANTRED..

A se ries of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the “‘alien and sedition laws,” declaring their illegality, a

<A customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage-duty. Cowell.

Idlers; vagabonds.

<A wharf for the lading and unlading of merchandise from vessels. More com- a monly spelled “quay.” An instrament for fastening and opening a lock. This appears as an English word

A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.

in the Isle of Man, are the twentyfour chief commoners, who form the local legislature. 1 Steph. Comm. 99. In old English law. A guardian, warden, or keeper, 3

A guardian, warden, or keeper. Mon. Angi. tom. 2, p. 71.

An engrosser of corn to enhance its price.

In old English Jaw. A dam or open wear in ariver, with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the laying of engines to catch fish. 2 Inst. 388; Blount.

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them into another. It is an offense punishable at the commen law by fine and i

A measure of eighteen gallons.

Anancient servile payment made by tenants in husbandry. Cowell.

v. To deprive of life; to destroy the life of an animal. The word “homicide” expresses the killing of a human being.

zn. A Dutch word, signifying a channel or bed of the river, and hence the river or stream itself. It is found used in this sense in descriptions of land in old conveyances. I N.Y.

A custom by which lords of manors were bound to provide

Relation or relationship by bleo or consanguinity. “The nearness of kin} computed according to the civil law.” % Kent, Comm. 413.

Genus; generic clas3; descrip tion. See In KInp.

Relatives by blood. “Kindred of the whole blood, preferred to kindred of the half blood,” 4 Kent, Comm. 404, notes,

The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called “monarchical” is thus named if a man; if it be a woman, she is cal

A country where an officer called a “king” exercises the powers of government, whether the same be absolute or limited. Woltf, Inst. Nat. § 994, In some kingdoms, the executive off

A royal aid; an escuage, (q. 2.)

The principal herald of England was of old designated “king of the heralds,” a title which seems to have been exchanged for “king-at-arms” about the reign of Henry TV. ‘The kings-a

The supreme court of common law in England, being so called because the king used formerly to sit there “in person, the style of the court being “coram tpso rege.” It was called th

Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by im- KING’S (or QUEEN’S) COUNSEL. B

An accomplice in a felony, who, on an implied promise of pardon if he fully and fairly discloses the truth, is admitted as evidence for Lhe crown against his accomplices. 1 Phil. E

In old English practice, A fine due the king pro liventia concordandi, (tor leave to agree,) in the process of levyingafine. 5 Coke, 39,43; 2 Inst. 511; 2 BL. Comm. 350,

In feudal law. A widow of the king’s tenant in chief, who was obliged to take oath in chancery that she would not marry without the King’s leave.

In Saxon law. <A composition or satisfaction paid for killing a kinsman, Spelman.

Relations; those who are of the same family.

A man of the same race or family.

or KINTLE. <A _ hundred pounds in weight. See QUINTAL.

In old English law. The space of time between the 3d of May and the Epiphany, in which fishing for salmon in the Thames, between Gravesend and Henleyon-Thames, was forbidden. Rot.

In English law. An ancient record remaining with the remembraneer of the exchequer, being an inquisition or survey of all the lands in England, taken in the reign of Edward I. by J

In Scotech law. <A meet ing of parishioners on church affairs.

The beadle of a church in Scotland.

<A parochial chureh court in Scotland, consisting of the ministers and elders of each parish.

The ceremony of touching the lips to a copy of the Bible, used in adininistering oaths. It is the external symbol of the witness’ acknowledgment of the obligation of the oath.

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent.

A species (or symptom) of mania, eonsisting in an irresistible propensity to steal, See 10 Tex. App. 520,

A portionof grain given to a mill-servant from tenants who were bound to grind their grain at such mill,

In English law. The next personal dignity after the nobility. Of knights there are several orders and degrees. The first in rank are knights of the Garter, instituted by Richard L

A court which sised to be held twice a year by the bishop of Hereford, in England.

An ancient guild or society formed by King Edgar.

Therank, order, character, or dignity of a knight.

In English law. The most ancient, though lowest, order of knighthood. 1 Bl. Comm. 404.

In English law. ‘Those created by the sovereign in person on the field of battle. They rank, generally, after Knights of the Garter. 1 BI. Comm, 403,

MICHAEL AND

Instituted in Ireland by George III., A. D. 1763. They have no rank in England.

An order instituted by Henry [V., and revived by GeorgeI. They are so’ culled from the cere- ENIGHTS OF THE CHAMBE Those created in the sovereign’s chamber time of peace, not in th

Oth erwise called “Knights of the Order of St George.” This order was founded by Richard I., and improved by Edward HI., A. D, 1344, They form the highest order of knights.

A term for hireling witnesses.

In English law. Members of parliament representing counties or shires, in econtradistine tion to citizens or burgesses, wlio represent boroughs or corporations. A knight of the shi

To assign to a bidder at an auction by a knock or blow of the hammer. Property is said to be “knocked down” when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible

In seamen's language, a "knot" is a division of the log-line serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute sh

A title formerly given to the Lollards. Cowell.

The Mohammedan book of faith.. It contains both ecclesiastical and secular laws.

In Hindu law. A mortgage-deed or deed of conditional sale, being one of the customary deeds or instru. ments of security in India as declared by regulution of 1806, which regulates

A Scottish order of knighthood. This order is said to have been instituted by Achaius, king of Scotland, A. D. 819. The better opinion, however, is that if was instituted by James

A Welsh term for a waster, rhymer, minstrel, or other vagabond who makes assemblies and collections. Barr- Ing. Ob. St. 360. L. L. This letter, as a Roman numeral, stands for the n