Law Dictionary

A person who, in oriental states, supplies the place of our notary public. All obligations, to be valid, are drawn by him; and he is also the public weigh-master, and everything of

In Hindu law. A written agreement, especially one signifying assent, as the counterpart of a revenue lease or the document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government, t

A Turkish civil magistrate.

A key, kay or quay. Spelman.

A wharfage-dun.

or KAIAGIUM. A whartfage-due,

In Scotch law. A payment of fowls, etc., reserved in a lease. It is derived from canum, a word used in ancient grants to signify fowls or animals deliverable by the vassal to his s

An pmperor.

A duty paid by shopkeepers in Hindostan, who retail spirituous liquors; also the place where spirituous liquors are sold. Wharton.

In English ecolesiastical law. Rural chapters or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, which were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. Paroch

Rural chapters, or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, which were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. Par. Ant. 604.

The original form of "calendar." KALENDARIUM (Lat.) In civil law. A calendar; a book of accounts, memorandum book, or debt books; a book in which accounts were kept of moneys loane

In the civil law. A calendar; a book of accounts, memorandum-book or debt-book; a book in which accounts were kept of moneys loaned out on interest. Dig. 32, 64. So called because

See "Calends."

The name of one of the states of the United States of America. The state was carved out of a portion of the Louisiana purchase, and a small portion of the territory ceded to the Un

brit A hundred villages; a hundred; a division of a county in Wales.

Same as Carat.

{Charaxare, Law Lat.) In old records. To mark; to put down in characters or letters; to write. Spelman. KARL (Sa Xon). In Saxon and old English law. A man; a serving man. Buskarl,

Same as Churl.

In old records. A cart-load. Cowell; Blount

In English law. The court or seat of the marshal, — a court originally held before the steward and marshal of the king's house, and instituted to administer justice between the kin

In Swedish law. Jettison; a literal translation of the Latin "jactus." —Kast-geld. Contribution for a jettison; average.

Contribution for a jettison; average.

See INSANITY.

A choosing by lot.

A quay or key.

A Mohammedan judge or magistrate in the East Indies, appointed originally by the court at Delhi, to administer justice according to their written law. Under the British authorities

King’s bench. See Court of king’s bench ; also, Knight of the bath, which see.

An abbreviation for "King's Counsel."

King’s counsel, which see.

In Scots law. An action brought to rescind, annul or cancel a deed or other instrument in writing.

The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called "keelage." ship by means of ropes from the yard- arms; a punishme

KEKBLHAUL. Todraga person under the Keel ef aship by meana of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Ene. Lond.

To punish one by dragging him under a ship’s keel.

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob.

A strong tower or hold in the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the besieged make their last efforts of defense, was formerly, in England, called a "keep"; and the inn

The words "bear arms" as used in the constitutional provision have reference to their military use, and the wearing of them in war or in peace, 3 Heisk. 194, and were not employed

The oxpression “keeping down interest” is famillar in legal instruments, and means the payment of interest periodically as it becomes due; but it does not includetle payment of all

One who has the care, custody or superintendence of anything. 67 111. 590. KEEPER OF THE FOREST (called, also, the "chief warden of the forest"). An officer who had the principal g

The chief officer of a forest; a forest warden.

A judicial officer who is, by virtue of his office, a lord and a member of the privy council. Through his hands pass all charters, commissions, and grants of the crown, to be seale

The lord high chancellor.

The officer through whose hands go allj charters, pardons, etc., signed by the king before going to the great seal, and some which do not go there at all. He is of the privy counci

The master of the assay in the English mint. 12 Hen. VI. c. 14,

An iron ring and chain used to hold a prisoner.

Sailing vessels approaching a steamer are required to keep their course on account of the correlative duty which is devolved upon the steamer to keep out of the way, in order that

In an insurance policy a clause prohibiting the keeping or having benzine in insured premises, was held to be Intended to prevent the permanent and habitual storage of the prohibit

Preserving an intelligent record of a merchant’s or tradesman’s affairs with such reasonable accuracy and care as may properly be expected from a man in that business. An Intention

In English bankruptcy law. The act of a trader in withdrawing to a secret part of the house, refraining from going to business, or confining himself to the house for the purpose of

A statute prohibiting shops to be kept open on Sunday Is violated trances are closed. Com. ▼. Harrison, 11 Gray (Mass.) 808; Lynch v. People, 16 Mich. 472.

It was necessary for students in the Inns of Court to keep twelve terms, comprising three years, for admission to the English bar. Each term was three or four weeks, including one

See Sxtbett or THE Peace.

Avoiding a breach of the peace; dissuading or prevent ing others from breaking the peace.

When a lessee is bound to keep the premises in repair, he must ir, he is guilty of a breach of the covenant. & Ald. 585.

As applied to a place of business, implies "a readiness to carry on the usual business therein." 16 Mich. 477.

requiring ordinary diligence in some, and extraordinary diligence in others.

The obligation to keep safely the public money is absolute, without any condition, express or implied; and nothing but the payment of it, when required, can discharge the bond.

To refrain from any breach of the peace {q. v.).

To drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practicod in the British navy. Elan. Lond.

Robert. <A dictionary of the Norinan or old French language. 1 yol. 8yoa, London, 1779.

The land between high and low water mark. Stroud. Jud. Diet. But when the conveyance, “with the kelpshore” by the metes and bounds given, manifestly excluded the land between high

DICTUM OF. An award made by Henry III. and parliament in 12G6 for the pacification of the kingdom.

An edict or award between Henry III. and those who had been in arms against him; so called because made at Kenilworth Castle, in Warwickshire, A. D. 1266. It contained a compositio

In Scotch law. The ascertainment by a sheriff of the just, proportion of the husband's lands which belongs to the widow in virtue pf her terce or third. An assignment of dower by s

In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband’s landa which belong to the widow in right of her terce or dower. Bell.

In Scotch Law. The ascertainment by a sheriff of the just proportion of the husband’s lands wiiich belongs to the widow in virtue of her terce or third. An assignment of dower by s

A gambling device. See 13 S. W. (Ky.) 108. See, also, 48 Ala. 122.

In maritime law. A permanent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleanliness, and t

Pig iron ship’s ballast.

The division of a county; a hundred in Wales, See "Cantred."

The name of one of the United States of America. This state was formerly a part of Virginia, which by an act of its legislature, passed December 18, 1789, consented that the distri

A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the "alien and sedition laws," declaring their illegality, ann

reproba, I. In old English law. Bad or spurious, reprobate,— a term applied to money which might be rejected or refused.

The expression as used in modern times, amounts to the same 616.

The jagged end of a stick of wood made by the cutting. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1292.

A customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage-duty. Cowell.

A vagrant.

I I. In old English law. To fortify or embattla Kernellare domum: to build a house with a wall or tower kenielled or crenelle.

Fortified or embattled. Co.. Litt. 5a.

In English law. Idlers; vagabonds.

A rock or earth oil. Morse v. Ins. Co., 30 Wis. 534, 11 Am. Rep. 587. It is, in a commercial sense, a refined coal or earth oil, and is embraced within those terms as used in an in

1. Taking from a distrainor a distress on its way to a pound. On their way to a pound things distrained may be rescued by the owner in case the distress was taken without cause or

I. fr. In old English law. To go; to go back; to resort to; to adopt on failure of other proceedings.

Compai'e Restitution. The words "restored to market," in the act of March 3, 1877, § 3,— securing the rights of settlers upon certain railroad lands in Kansas, — signify no more th

I. I. In old English law. To suspect murdro: accused of murder.

2 The income of a atflte.a • In a statute providing that appeals should be taken directly to the highest court in " oases relating to the revenue," held, that "revenue" was not use

An instrument made for closing and opening a lock. The keys of a house are considered as real estate, and descend to the heir with the Inheritance; 11 Co. 50 &; 30 E. L. & Eq. 698;

An instrument made for opening a lock. The keys of a house. are considered as real estate, and descend to the heir with the inheritance. When the keys of a warehouse are delivered

A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.

Of Court. In old Scotch law. Certain officers of courts. See "Claves Curiae," Of the Isle of Man. The twenty-four chief commoners, who form the local legislature. 1 Steph. Comm. 99

In old Scotch law. Co.rtain officers of courts. See Claves Curias.

A guardian, warden, or keeper. Mon. Angl. tom. 2, p. 71.

Knight of the garter, which see.

In Hindu law. An office of government in which the business of the revenue department was transacted under the Mohammedan government, and during the early period of British rule. K

The viceroy of Egypt.

An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the Elngllsh exchequer; so called from being the Inquest of John de Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.

laborers, especially those pursuing the building trades, often were paid the prevailing rate of wages but were compelled by their employers to give back or kick back a percentage o

An engrosser of corn to enhance its price,

In old English law. A dam or open wear In a river, with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the laying of engines to catch fish. 2 Inst. 38; Blount.

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman or child from his own country and sending him into another. See 4 Am. St. Rep. 447, note.