A Dictionary of Law

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Carl Johan. Glossarium ad corpus juris Sueo-Gotorum antiqui. Ordbok till Samlingen of Sweriges Gainla Lagar. 1 vol. 4to. Lund, 1877.

ANNI NUBILES. A woman's marriageable years. ‘The ageat which a girl becomes by law ft for marriage; the age of twelve.

In English law. An esfee which has a qualification subjoined o, and which must be determined ever the qualification annexed to it is;anend. 2 Bl. Comm. 109.

The act of a payce, accommodation indorser, or holder note, check, or other negotiable in- £, in writing his name upon the back me, with or without further or qualwords, whereby th

The name of certain English courts created by commission under the great seal pursuant to the statute of sewers, (23 Hen. VIII. ¢. 5.)

The name of the plea of the statute of limitations, when the defendant alleges that the plaintiff's action has not acerued within six years. Actio non datur non damnificato. An act

Any acts or conduct which interfere with the peace and good order of an assembly of persons lawfully met together for religious exercises.

When a sherilf to a common ji. fa. returns awila bea, and that the defendant is a benefiecd clerk, not having any lay fee, a plainii ff may issuea fi. fa. de bonis ecclesiasticés,

An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands ofa party during the pendency of @ suit, to prevent their being made away with. Reg. Orig. 126. DE ARRESTANDO IPSUM QUI PE-

In the civil law. Ordinary judices; the common jucices appointed to try causes, and who, according to Blackstone, determined only questions of fact. 3 Bl. Comm. 315.

Socictics formed in Engeluding the buying and selling of land and also (but subject to certain restrictions) the business of banking.

In English A fund, consisting of moneys and securities, which, at the time of the passing of a bankruptey act, 1861, stood, in the Bank of England, to the credit of the commissiono

In English law. A loeal court which has its sittings in Lonlon only, which receives the petitions of insolvent debtors, and decides upon the question of granting a discharge. COURT

It may be defined as a future interest not transmissible to the Fepresentatives of the party entitled thereto, in case he dies before it vests in possession. Tis, if a testator lea

A writ of entry causa mairimontt praloguuté lies where lands or tenements are givento a man upon condition that he shall take the donor to be his wife within a certain time, and he

Sir Henry. Glossarium archaiologicum; continens Latino-Barbara, peregrina, obsoleta, et novati significationis vocabula. Ist Edn. 1 vol. 4to. Londen, 1626, —,Same. 8d Edn. 1 vol. f

Lat. In the civil and old English law. To bequeath; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation of deuth. In Scotch phrase, to legate. eee

Of the same kind, class, or nature,

In practice. Leading to or cing an issue; relating to an issue or

An ensign for horsemen in war.

When the act complained of is prohibited by a statute, these technical words

OR AGAINST. The name given to two celebrated English statutes,—the statute 13 Eliz. ¢. 5, made perpetual by 29 Eliz. ec. 5; and the statute 27 Eliz. c. 4, made perpetual by 29 Eliz

Jn English law. A-court instituted for the trial, during the recess of parlinment, of peers indicted for treason or felony, or for niisprision of either. This court is not a perman

Tn English law. <A court constituted for the trial of scholars or privileged persons connected with the university at Oxford or Cambridge who are indicted for treason, felony, or m

<An English order of knighthood, instituted in 1818.

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man, By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man, not excepting that of the king himself, was est

F. J. Glossary of technical terms, phrases, and maxims of the common law. 1 vol. 12me. Boston, 1881.

In public law. The fundamental law of a nation or state, which may be written or unwritten, establishing the character and conception of government, laying the basic principles to

) New constitutions; generally translated in English, “Novels.” The Latin name of those constitulions which were issued by Justinian after the publication of his Code; most of them

An undertaking, in the form of acovenant, on the part of the vendor of real estate to do such further acts for the purpose of perfecting the purchaser's title as the latter may rea

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat. Brey. 165. Won possessori incumbit necessitag probandi possessiones ad s

In old daw and practice, ae to God, J an enti the bible, or the jook of Common ft rayer, intended to wound Bl aiwiis-emogthe blank, the feelings of mankind or to excite contempt