A Law Dictionary and Glossary

sc In Scots law. In ancient grants, the fowls or animals payable to the superior; in modern practice, the poultry, etc., payable by a tenant to his landlord in terms of his lease.

brit A hundred villages; a hundred; a division of a county in Wales.

In English law. The court or seat of the marshal, — a court originally held before the steward and marshal of the king's house, and instituted to administer justice between the kin

In Scots law. An action brought to rescind, annul or cancel a deed or other instrument in writing.

In English law. The right to exact a toll of ships in harbor; the money paid as such toU.

To maintain; to retain; to harbor; to have in possession. Keep house: as applied to a trader, to secrete one's self in one's house to avoid one's creditors. Keep liquor: to have in

One who keeps; one who harbors or has in possession; an owner or proprietor; a person in charge, as of attached personalty. In English law. Keeper or lord keeper of the great seal:

sc. In Scots law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the portion of the husband's lands which belong to the widow in right of terce, or dower.

reproba, I. In old English law. Bad or spurious, reprobate,— a term applied to money which might be rejected or refused.

I I. In old English law. To fortify or embattla Kernellare domum: to build a house with a wall or tower kenielled or crenelle.

I. fr. In old English law. To go; to go back; to resort to; to adopt on failure of other proceedings.

I. I. In old English law. To suspect murdro: accused of murder.

In old English law. A guardian, warden or keeper. In old Scots law. Keys of court: certain officers of courts.

The stealing and carrying away, or secreting of a person; an aggravated kind of abduction.

In the civil law. A servitude annexed to a rural estate.

Relation or relationship by blood. Kindred: persons legitinaately related by blood.

In modern times, and up to the passing of the judicature act, 36 & 37 Vict, c. 66, the highest court of common law in England, consisting of a chief justice and four puisne justice

kinsbot, sax. In Saxon law. A composition or satisfaction paid for killing a kinsman. Kirby's or Kirkby's quest In English law. A record in the exchequer of a survey of all the lan

The act with which the ceremony of taking an oath by laying the hand upon the gospels concludes.

A title of honor next beneath that of a peer or baronet. Knight of the shire: a member of parliament representing a county or shire, in contradistinction to a burgess, who represen

A form of public address, of great antiquity, with which many written instruments still begin.

v. Scienter.

qaai non conceduntur de directo, /. Many things are allowed indirectly which are not allowed directly. Multa in jure communi contra ratioucm disputandi, pro communi iitilitate intr

I. I. In old English law. Inferior country tenants, churls, or chorls, who held cottages and lands by services of ploughing, and the like.

I. In the civil laiv. The civil reputation which belonged to the Roman citizen. £xitDS, I. In old English law. Issue or offspring; a child or cliildren; issues; the rents or profit

brit. In old English law. Assemblies. L. An abbreviation of Latin, law, lord. L. C: Lord Chancellor. L. F.: law French; levari facias. L. L.: law Latin. L. R.: law reports. L. S.: