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thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill. If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Spenser. The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone. Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.…

An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill.

nity. I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. Pope. Your sins will dog you, pursue you. Burroughs. Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. South.

orms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.

brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.

A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] Burrill.

The tenure by which a drench held land. [Obs.] Burrill.

A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. Cowell. Burrill.

of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. [Obs.] Burrill.

rief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

al particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill.

f intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. Burrow.

To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. "The fox is earthed." Dryden.

upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill.

The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. Burrill. Bill of entry. See under Bill. -- Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping. -- Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. -- Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose o…

correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. Bouvier. Burrill.

r whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill.

certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable. Wharton. Stephen. Burrill.

Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill.