A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A collection of the laws and ducal customs of Normandy, composed about A. D. 1229, in the reign of Henry III. of England. Hale's Hist. Com. Law, c. 6. This, from its high antiquity

4 Steph. Com. 103, note (t). Chance medley is distinguished by Blackstone from homicide per infortunium, or by misadventure, (4 Bl. Com. 182;) tliouffh the terms seem to be confoun

A high court, formerly held in England by the steward and marshal of the king's household, having jurisdiction of all actions against the king's peace within the bounds of the hous

Lat. An exception or plea of money not paid; a defence allowed a party where he was sued on a promise to repay money that he had never received. InsL 4. 13. 2. See Pecunia non nume

<fec. See De clerico capto, <bc.

Lat. Absolute and direct, (or right) ownership. 2 Bl. Com. 105. Co, Litt. 1 b. See Directum, Dominium.

Lat. To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio; a conjecturing or guessing. Nemo tenetur divinare. No man is bound to divine; that is, to have foreknowledge of a fu