In old English law. An officer In the exchequer, to whom it belonged to provide wood for the tallies, and to cut the sum paid upon them, etc. … [Read more...]

That kind of punishment used by the ancients, and still used by the Chinese, called by Staunton the "wooden collar," by which the neck of the malefactor is bent or weighed down. Enc. Lond. … [Read more...]

That which is usual and ordinary course or regular practice within a certain industry, profession. … [Read more...]

Rights which are acquired by custom. They differ from prescriptive rights in this, that the former are local usages, belonging to all the inhabitants of a particular place or district the latter are rights of individuals, independent of the place of their residence. … [Read more...]

The style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great revolution, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared protector. … [Read more...]