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Discontinuance

Discontinuance, an interruption or breaking off. This happened when he who had an estate-tail made a larger estate of the land than by

Capable of plying or bending readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking flexible pliable lithe limber plastic as a pliant thread pliant wax Also used figuratively Easily influenced for good

Hayward

officer of a town or man or responsible for maintaining fences and hedges, esp. to prevent cattle from breaking through to an enclosed pasture; A cattle herdsman, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 723

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Ewbrice

Ewbrice [fr. ew, Sax., marriage, and bryce, breaking], adultery, Ibid.

Escape

persons of unsound mind, see Lunacy Act, 1890, ss. 85-89. See RESCUE. The act or an instance of breaking free from confine-ments restrain, or an obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Eodorbrice

Eodorbrice [fr. eoder, Sax., a hedge, and brice, broken], hedge-breaking, Leg. Alf. C. 45.

Edderbreche

Edderbreche [Sax.], the offence of hedge-breaking. Obsolete.

Dwelling house

buildings as are used in connection with it. According to Black's Law Dictionary (Sixth Edn.), under statute prohibiting breaking and entering a 'dwelling house' the test for determining if a building is such a house is whether

Droits of admiralty

Of these perquisites, the most valuable is the right to the property of an enemy seized on the breaking out of hostilities. In the arrangement of the Civil List during the recent reigns, it was settled that

Distress

in no case be broken open; but if the outer door be open the person distraining may justify breaking open an inner door or lock to find any goods distrainable. The landlord's powers are chiefly regulated by

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