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To be dismissed from a court. To issue from a court “The court said a mandamus must go” 1 W. Bl. 50. “Let a supersedeas go.” 5 Mod. 421. “The writ may go” 18 C. B. 35. Go bail. To assume the responsibility of a surety on a bail-bond. Go hence. To depart from the court; with the further implication that a suitor who is directed to “go hence” is dismissed from further attendance upon the court in respect to the suit or proceeding which brought him there, and that he is finally denied the relief which he sought or, as the case may be, absolved from the liability sought to be imposed upon him. See Hiatt v. Kinkaid. 40 Neb. 178. 58 N. W. 700. Go to. In a statute, will, or other instrument a direction that property shall “go to” a designated person means that it shall pass or proceed to such person, vest in and belong to him. In re Illich Estate, 43 Misc. Rep. 485. 89 N. Y. Supp. 472; Plass v. Plass, 121 Cal. 131, 53 Pac. 448. Go to protest. Commercial paper is said to “go to protest” when it is dishonored by non-payment or non-acceptance and is handed to a notary for protest. Go without day. Words used to denote that a party is dismissed the court. He is said to go without day, because there is no day appointed for him to appear again.

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