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Roe, Richard

Roe, Richard, otherwise Troublesome, the casual ejector and fictitious defendant in ejectment, whose services are no longer invoked. See JOHN DOE,

Moravians

Moravians, otherwise called Herrnhutters or United Brethren. A sect of Christians exempted from military service in America by 22 Geo.

Mixed larceny

Mixed larceny, otherwise called compound or complicated larceny, that which is combined with circumstances of aggravation, as violence to the person,

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Leap-year

Leap-year, otherwise called bissextile [fr. bis and sextilis (dies)] from its introduction to make up the loss of the six

Charter-land

Charter-land, otherwise called bookland, property held by deed under certain rents and free-services. It in effect difers nothing from the

Dyvour

Dyvour (otherwise Bare-man), a Scotch term for a person involved in debt, and unable to pay his creditors; synonymous with the word bankrupt, Skene

Elsewise

Otherwise

Aliter

Aliter (otherwise).

Alias

Alias (otherwise), a second or further writ, which was issued after a first writ had expired without effect. Abolished by the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1852, s. 10. As to concurrent writs, see R. S....

Agenhine

Agenhine, otherwise, but less correctly, 'Hogenhine,' and also 'Third-night awne hine,' a guest at an inn, who having stayed there

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