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A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.

or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W.

amount of. This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. Blackstone.

r liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone.

quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize. Glanvill. Spelman. Cowell. Blackstone. Tomlins. Burrill.

ict. [Obs.] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.

. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate. Blackstone.

greement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

aintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. Blackstone.

To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. Blackstone.

of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone.

ted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.

s a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

pose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.

trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

etes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone. -- Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides. -- To sell bargains, to make saucy ( usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] Swift. -- To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain…

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.

r contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone.

practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone.

ndulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.