Ore

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.

/. fr. Now. Ore est a veyer: now it is to be seen.

See Mine; Mineral; Waste, 1. A deed conveyed all the zinc and other ores, except franklinite existing separate from the zinc. Held, that the grantee took both ores when the franklinite was mixed mechanically with the zinc; also, that what was meant by " zinc " might be explained by evidence outside of the deed.* ORE TENtrS. L. By mouth, by word of mouth; orally, verbally. Oral evidence is evidence ore tenus.* In early times, pleadings were ore tentis, or viva voce, in court, and minuted down by the clerk, whose minutes were called the "parol." ' ' [4 Coke, Inst. 35; Coke, Litt. 159 b; Barr. Stat. 41 (•); 3 Reeves, Eng. Law, 148. ' Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch, 125 U. S. 9 (1888), cases. See at length K. S. pp. 13-16; 3 Scribner's Mag. 408 (1888). ' L. ordinarius, regular; also, an overseer; ordo, order. * See 2 Bl. Com. 494, 608. *New Jersey Zinc Co. v. Boston Franklinite Co., 15

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