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A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

Sidney. Court of chivalry, a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

he same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.

To set or place; to set; to station. To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. E. Hall.

proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States. Marshall.

aw), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. -- Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court. -- Court party, a party attached to the court. -- Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. -- Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for t…

The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] Marshall.

afted. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall.

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm…

Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall.

The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. Marshall.

Like a garden. [R.] W. Marshall.

n not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.

ofty: eminent; distingushed; formost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. He doth object I am too great of birth. Shak.

Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.

ce, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.

whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes. Shak. The genius which humbled six marshals of France. Macaulay.

to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence. Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. Pickering.