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A cathartic; a purgative. [Obs.] Bacon.

he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal. Wharton. Let him put me to my purgation. Shak.

Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.)

To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

urges; cleansing. Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Wharton.

Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. ) -- Quantity of matter, in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity. -- Quantity of motion (Mech.), in a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measured by i…

The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.

of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology.

(Eng. Law), a process of contempt on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- non abolished. Wharton. Burrill.

ose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause.Wharton.

y known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte.

The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance.

The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. Wharton. Burrill.

A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton.

tym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

Retaliation. Wharton.

on and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.