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court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.

he other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. Burrill.

ave at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.

he States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States. Burrill. Kent.

law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. Burrill.

oses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. Burrill.

A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3. -- Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. -- Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on…

An ancient officer of the court of wards. Burrill.

ure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money. Burrill.

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.

one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.

ommon Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill.

lative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. Burrill.

act, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Burrill.

on or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury. Burrill. After his friends finding and his rent. Chaucer.

A beacon. [Obs.] Burrill.

Validity; efficacy. Burrill.

, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.