Ore
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The' word "ore" has a definite signification, and designates a compound of metal and other substance; metal unrefined, yet m its fossil state.
147 N. Y. 501: 1 Ch. 432.
ORE TENUS (Lat.) Verbally; orally. Formerly the pleadings of the parties were ore tenus; and the practice is said to have been retained till the reign of Edward In chancery practice, a defendant may demur at the bar ore tenus (3 P. Wms. 370) if he has not sustained the demurrer on the record (1 Swanst. 288; Mitf. PL 176; 6 Ves. 779; 8 Ves. 405; 17 Ves. 215, 216). ORFGILD (Saxon orf, cattle, gild, pay^ ment. Also called "cheapgild"). A payment for cattle, or the restoring them.
Cowell.
A restitution made by the hundred or county of any wrong done by one that was in pledge.
Lambard, Arch. 125, 126.
A penalty for taking away cattle.
Blount.