In old English law. Keeper of the pleas of the crown. Bract fol. 146. Cowell supposes this office to have been the same with the custos rotulorum. But it seems rather to have been another name for “coroner.” Crabb, Eng. Law, 150; Bract, fol. IStii).
Keeper of the rolls. An officer in England who has the custody of the rolls or records of the sessions of the peace, and also of the commission of the peace itself. He is always a justice of the quorum in the county where appointed and is the principal civil officer in the county. 1 Bl. Comm. 349; 4 Bl. Comm. 272.
In English ecclesiastical law. Keeper of the spiritualities. lie who exercises the spiritual jurisdiction of a diocese during the vacancy of the see. Cowell.
A guardian can make the estate of an existing heir under his guardianship better, not worse.
Tenants holding by custom of the manor.
Custom shall be taken [is to be construed] strictly. Jenk. Cent. 83.
MARGIN posted by a FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT or client with a CLEARING MEMBER to cover the requirements of trades that have been executed and temporarily covered by the member
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported. Story, Const.
The statute 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107. which has been frequently amended. See 2 Steph. Comm. 503.
A court of the United States, created by act of congress in 1909, to hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the revenue officers in the Imposition and collection of customs-duties. It is composed of a chief judge and four associates, and sits at Washington.