Eagle

A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars. It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains of standard fineness; that is to say, of one thousand parts by weight, nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy, the alloy consisting of silver and copper. The act of February 12, 1873, Rev. Stat. § 3514, fixes the proportion of silver at in no case more than one-tenth of the whole alloy. For all sums whatever the eagle is a legal tender for ten dollars.

U. S. Rev. Stat. § 3585.

EALDORMAN (Sax.). A Saxon title of honor. It was a mark of honor very widely applicable, the ealdormen being of various ranks. The chief of them were the rulers almost of provinces. After the Conquest they disappeared and the term earl became a mere title. It is the same as alderman.

See Seebohm, Tribal Customs; 2 Freeman, Norm. Conq. 51.