In Scotch law. Securing a criminal’s person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security juilicio sisti. The order of a judge, by which he who is […]

In Scotch law. A process to bring a foreigner within the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The warrant attaches a foreigner’s goods within the jurisdiction, and these will not […]

In old English law . A writ against the goods of aliens found within this kingdom, in recompense of goods taken from a denizen in a foreign country, after denial […]

Charged; charging. The convening a person charged with a crime before a judge. Staundef. P. C. 45. It is used sometimes for imputed or laid unto; as no folly may […]

In the civil law . Earnest; money given to bind a bargain. Calvin.

In the civil law . Money or other valuable things given by the buyer to the seller, for the purpose of evidencing the contract; earnest.

In English and Scotch law. Indefinite services formerly deinandable from tenants, but prohibited by statute, (20 Geo. II. c. 50,

In feudal law. A second summons to join the lord, addressed to those who had neglected the first. A summons of the inferiors or vassals of the lord. Spelman.

In feudal law. A fief or fee dependent on a superior one; an inferior fief granted by a vassal of the king, out of the fief held by him. Mon- […]

In feudal law. The vassal of a vassal.

In marine insurance. The arrival of a vessel means an arrival for pur- ]>oses of business, requiring an entry aud clearance and stay at the port so long as to […]

To reach or come to a particular place of destination by traveling towards it. Thompson v. United States . 1 Brock. 411. Fed. Cas. No. 407. In insurance law. To […]

In the civil law . The adoption of a person who was of full age or sui juris. 1 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 119; Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. […]

In France, one of the subdivisions of a department.

The theory that no election is swayed by the voting method used. The criteria of unrestricted domain, nondictatorship, paret efficienty, and independence of irrelevant alternative are used to determine the […]

Store-houses for arms; dock-yards, magazines, and other military stores.

A metal toxic to humans that causes skin cancer, lung cancer, peripheral vascular disease, and liver damages. It is used for gun shot and semiconductors.

Burning in the hand . The punishment by burning or branding the left thumb of lay offenders who claimed and were allowed the benefit of clergy , so as to […]

Arson, at common law , is the act of unlawfully and maliciously burning the house of another man. 4 Steph. Comm. 99; 2 Ituss. Crimes, 896; Steph. Crim. Dig. 298. […]

Burnt and weighed. A term formerly applied to money tested or assayed by fire and by weighing.

The trial of money by heating it after it was coined. The loss of weight occasioned by this pro cess. A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot […]

A principle put in practice and applied to some art, machine, manufacture , or composition of matter . Earle v. Sawyer, 4 Mason, 1, Fed. Cas. No. 4,247. See Act […]

In Scotch law. The offense committed by one who aids and assists the commission of a crime, but who is not the principal or chief actor in its actual commission. […]

A paper coated in clay that creates more lifelike color and detail.

A printed proof that is submitted on art paper for approval.