In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell. … [Read more...]

By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a "third night awn hinde," and his host was answerable for him if he committed any offense. The first night, forman night, or uncouth, (unknown,) he was reckoned a stranger; the second night, twa night, a guest; and the third night, an awn hinde, a domestic. Bract. 1. 3. … [Read more...]

In a special finding by a jury this word is equivalent to "believe," and expresses the conclusion of the jury with sufficient positlveness. Martin v. Central Iowa Ry. Co., 59 Iowa, 414, 13 N. W. 424. … [Read more...]

The designation, in colloquial language, of that portion of a decedents personal estate (one-third) which goes to the widow where there is also a child or chilr dren. See Yeomans v. Stevens, 2 Allen (Mass.) 350; O'Hara v. Dever, 46 Barb. (N, Y.) 614. … [Read more...]

Following next after the second; also, with reference to any legal instrument or transaction or judicial proceeding, any outsider or person not a party, to the affair nor immediately concerned in it. Third opposition. In Louisiana, when an, execution is levied on property which does not belong to the defendant, but to an outsider, the remedy of the owner is by an intervention … [Read more...]