The diminutive of a sewer. Callis, Sew. (80,) 100. Iu modern law, an openditch or conduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another iu acertain direction, whether for purposes of drainage, irrigation, or otherwise. Warren v.Ilenly, 31 Iowa. 31; Willis v. State, 27 Neb. 98, 42 N. W. 920.
Maid’s fee. A British word signifying a customary fine payable tolords of some manors on marriage of the tenant’s daughters, or otherwise on theircommitting incontinence. Cowell.
A place of execution. Jacob.
Waif, or waived; that which has been stolen and afterwards dropped in thehighway for fear of a discovery. Cowell.
The name of a court which was held every three weeks In the liberty orhundred of Pathbew in Warwick. Jacob.
Sax. Compensation for fraud or trespass. Cowell.
Government by a woman; a state in which womenare legally capable of the supreme command; e. g., in Great Britain and Spain.
The Japanese practice of bureaucratic control (or
Stock being repurposed by many parties to increase profit for all.
Wandering monks.