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Matched in: Term Com

Displaced from land, in consequence of the com-pulsory acquisition

Matched in: Term Displaced from land, in consequence of the com-pulsory acquisition

commute

commute com·mut·ed com·mut·ing 1 : to convert (as a payment) into another form 2 : to change (a penalty)

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commit

commit com·mit·ted com·mit·ting vt 1 a : to put into another's charge or trust : entrust consign [committed her

compel

compel com·pelled com·pel·ling : to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and esp. by authority or law

Misprision

asset makes the party a principal; as the concealment, construed to be aiding and abetting, did at the Common Law; but it was enacted by st. 1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10, that a bare

Villenous judgment

goods and chattels, and lands for life; wasted the lands, razed the houses, rooted up the trees, and committed his body to prison. It has long become obsolete, 4 Bl. Com. 136; 4 Steph. Com.; and 4

Privilegium, property propter

animals fer' natur', i.e., a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in exclusion of others, 2 Bl. Com. 394; 2 Steph. Com.

White rents

White rents [reditus albi, Lat.], payments received in silver or white money, 2 Br. & Had. Com. 54; 1 Steph. Com.

Vindicatory parts of Laws

sanction of the laws, whereby it is signified what evil or penalty shall be incurred by such as commit any public wrongs, and transgress or neglect their duty, 1 Steph. Com., and 1 Br. & Had. Com.

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