Remembrancer

KING’S. He was at the head of the department which had charge of all revenue suits, and of matters pertaining to the office of sheriff. He attended as the officer of the king’s bench when the lord mayor made his appearance on November 9th, and as representing the old coifrt of exchequer when the city of London did suit and service in discharge of quit-rents for certain lands anciently held under the crown. He presided at the Trial of the Pyx, the assaying and weighing of the coins of the realm. See Remembrances of Sir F. Pollock. The present incumbent is in the central office of the supreme court of judicature. These words are, in this country, sufficient to pass the estate in a primary conveyance; Dart v. Dart, 7 Conn. 250; Thorndike v. Norris, 24 N. H. 460; Smith’s Heirs v. Bank, 21 Ala. 125. Remise is a French word synonymous with release.' See Quit-Claim. REMISSION (Lat. re, back, mitto, to send). In Civil Law. A release of a debt It is conventional when it is expressly granted to the debtor by a creditor having a capacity to alienate; or tacit when the creditor voluntarily surrenders to his debtor the original title, under private signature constituting the obligation. La. Civ. Code, art. 2195. Forgiveness or pardon of an offence. It has the effect of putting back the offender into the same situation he was before the commission of the offence. Remission is generally granted in cases where the offence was involuntary or committed in selfdefence. Pothier, Pr. Civ. sect. 7, art. 2, § 2. At Common Law. The act by which a forfeiture or penalty is forgiven. U. S. v. Morris, 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 246, 6 L. Ed. 314.