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Dissolution

Dissolution, the act of breaking up. A partnership may be dissolved either by a proper notice, or effluxion of time as agreed upon

Fire

use of fire engines and appliances; ss. 87-89 of the same Act give the police certain powers of breaking into premises and regulating traffic upon the out break of a fire, but the captain of the fire

Deed

void by something ex post facto; as (a) By an extra-judicial act, as a razure or interlinea-tion, or breaking off the seal, with the assent of the parties, or delivering up the deed to be cancelled. The

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Sewel

A scarecrow generally made of feathers tied to a string hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place

De frangentibus prisonam, Statute of

1 Edw. 2, st. 2, which enacts that no person shall have judgment of life or member for breaking prison, unless committed for some capital offence.

Pounding

The act of beating bruising or breaking up a beating

Ratten

To deprive feloniously of the tools used in ones employment as by breaking or stealing them for the purpose of annoying as to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike

Rupture

The act of breaking apart or separating the state of being broken asunder as the rupture of the skin the rupture of

Rake

it used for collecting hay or other light things which are spread over a large surface or for breaking and smoothing the earth

Canal

Canal. As to breaking down bank, dam, wall, etc., of, see Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 30; as to setting fire to

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