A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[L. Lat. conservator indi Lciarum et salvorum regis conductuum.'\ An officer anciently appointed in every port in*England, whose duty was to inquire of all ofifences done against t

Lat. Out of special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion. Formal words anciently used in royal charters and letters patent; otherwise expressed, De gratia speciali, ex certa sd

Lat. Of special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion. 2 Bl. Com. 847. 6 Peters* R, 738. See Ex gratia speciali, &c.

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See Commissioners of sewers,

Lat. The action did not accrue within six years. The emphatic words of the old plea of the statute of limitations, hterally translated in the modem forms, and retained as the disti

Brwe. L. Lat. An old writ which lay U> seize goods in the hands of a party during the pendency of a suit, to^6vent their being made away with. Beg. Orig. 126 b. DE ARRESTANDO IPSUM

Lat. Of those who are to be put on assises. The title of a statute passed 21 Edward I., defining the qualifications of jurors. Cra Ws Hist. Eng. Law, 1 67, 1 89. 2 Beeves' Hist 184

In practice. Persons who undertake jointly and severally in behalf of a defendant arrested on mesne process in a civil action, that if he be condemned in the action, he shall pay t