An officer by whom the order of causes was laid before the Roman emperor, the desires of petitioners made known, and answers returned to them. Vicat Voc. Jur.; Calvin. … [Read more...]

In Saxon law. A master of requests; an officer to whom petitions to the king were referred. Spelman. … [Read more...]

Latin: Referring individual or separate words to separate subjects; making a distributive reference of words in an instrument; a rule of construction. … [Read more...]

Eng. practice. He surrendered himself. This is endorsed on the bail piece when a certificate has been made by the proper officer that the defendant is in custody. … [Read more...]

This is the fault of introducing superfluous matter into a legal Instrument; particularly the insertion in a pleading of matters foreign, extraneous, and irrelevant to tfcat which It is intended to answer. Matter introduced in an answer, or pleading, which is foreign to the bill or articles. 2. In the case of Dysart v. Dysart, 3 Curt. Ecc. R. 543, in giving the judgment of the … [Read more...]