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, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed. Wharton. Bouvier.

The hartbeest.

Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.).

of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton.

eal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.] - - Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of…

An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.

The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of Geology.

y to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton.

verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.

The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also knobber.] Halliwell. He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W. Scott.

A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.

f the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for ether cause. Wharton (Law Dict.).

ds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.

An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.

A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.

congregation, etc., in the church service. Hook. -- Lay days (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo. McElrath. -- Lay elder. See 2d Elder, 3, note.

The hartbeest.

He came and told his legacy. Chapman. Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies. Wharton. -- Legacy hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.

en in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oölite. See the Chart of Geology.

A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation. Wharton. Bouvier. To know one's own limitations, to know the reach and limits of one's abilities. A. R. Wallace.