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A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

See Anemone. Sandys.

given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. -- Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. -- Animal spirits. See unde…

An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2

A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

e or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. Eccles. x. 19.

The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.

of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to i…

or a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

rket price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.] Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay.

ers; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

thers; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

Silver, or money. [Archaic]

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.

while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction, drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional periods of drill and instra…

The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackst…