The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old records. Mere assertion and denial, without oath. Cowell; Blount.

An enclosed space or area, generally attached to a dwelling-house. A common term in deeds. 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 176.

In old English law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co. Litt. 69a. YCEL (Law Fr.) It; this; the same. Kelham. YCEMENT (Law Fr.) Thus; In like manner. Kelham. YCESTES (L

or OECONOMUS (Law Lat.) In old records. An advocate or defender; a patron. Cowell.

The period in which the revolution of the earth around the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed. The civil year differs from the astronomical, th

DAY, AND WASTE (Lat. anniis, dies, et vastum). A part of king's preroga^ tive, whereby he takes the profits of the lands and tenements of those attainted of petty treason or felony

A period of time much recognized in law. It is not in all cases limited to a precise calendar year. In Scotland, in computing the term, the year and day is to be reckoned, not by t

Books of reports of cases in a regular series from the reign of the English King Edward II., inclusive, to the time of Henry VIII., which were taken by the prothonotaries or chief

In the United States, this word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declarations and indictments. In England

In the law of real property, to of a rent in a lease begins with the words "yielding and paying."

"These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent (Piatt, Gov. 50; 3 Pa. St. 464; 1 Sid. 447, pi. 9; 2 Lev. 206; 3 Term R. 402; 1

A word occurring in the laws of Henry I. (c. 16), which Spelman thinks might be a mistake for Ynglishman, or Englishman.

These are regulated by Sts. 2 & 3 Anne, c. 4, 5 Anne, c. 18 (6 Anne, c. 20, in the statutes of the realm), as to the West Riding; 6 Anne, c. 35 (or 62), as to the East Riding, and

This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with reference to settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore i