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Alien

Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and 1933, infra. At common law aliens...

VerbarSigillaria

Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale or given as presents on the last two days of the Saturnalia hence the last two or the sixth and seventh days of the Saturnalia

Laster

A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes or place leather smoothly on lasts a tool for stretching leather on a last

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supreme court

supreme court 1 : the highest court in a nation or state ;specif cap S&C : the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government that has original jurisdiction over controversies involving ambassadors or...

Demise

Demise, a grant; it is applied to an estate either in fee or for term of life or years, but most commonly to the latter; it is used in writs for any estate, 2 Inst. 483....

Burning to death

Burning to death, an ancient punishment (1) of women for petty treason, last inflicted for murder of a husband in 1726; (2) of any person for heresy. See H'RETICO COMBURENDO, DE

Bleaching..... processing

Bleaching..... processing, the expressions 'bleaching, mercerising, dyeing, printing, water-proofing, rubberising, shrink-proofing, organdie processing' which precede the expression 'or any other process' contemplate processes which impart a change of a lasting character to the fabric by either...

Bill of sale

Bill of sale, an assignment by deed of chattels personal, whether absolute or by way of security. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep. 80 [44 Eliz.], and 1 Sm. L. C. 1 et seq., where the...

At the end of the period of your tenancy

At the end of the period of your tenancy, means the same as 'after the end of the period of your tenancy' and is as a normal use of language in a material context that the...

Benefice

Benefice [fr. beneficium, M. Lat., a kindness], an ecclesiastical living and promotion, a rectory or vicarage: all church preferments except bishoprics; also a fief in the feudal system. See s. 13(1) of the (English) Benefices Act,...

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