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the principle that states there are 2 or more issues in dispute in a court case and the verdict will stand even if there has been an error in trying and deciding the other issue.

Nickname that is popular and given to trade paper acceptances that has 2 signatures, the author and the endorser.

Term given to the short, 140 character messages placed on Twitter.

The highest rank of men in the Saxon government, who were valued at 1200s. If any injury were done to such persons, satisfaction was to be made according to their worth. Cowell.

The earliest statute or code of Roman law, framed by a com- mission of ten men, B. C. 450, upon the return of a commission of three who had been sent abroad to study foreign laws and institutions. The Twelve Tables consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and main- ly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings. They formed the source and foundation for the whole later development of Roman jurisprudence. They exist now only in fragmentary form. See 1 Kent, Comm. 520.

A writ issued under the St. 18 & 19 Vict. c. G7, for summary procedure on bills of exchange and promissory notes, abolished by rule of court in 18S0. Wharton.

in the singular num-TYTHE. Tithe, or tenth part ber, includes all the year; but tivclio months are to be computed according to twenty-TYTHING. A company of ten; a dis- eight days for every month. 6 Coke, 62.trict; a tenth part. See TITIIING

Standard unit to describe carrying capacity of a cargo ship or the terminal’s handling capacity.

Guardianship; state of being under a guardian.

See JEOP- TZAR, TZARINA. The emperor and ARDY; ONCE IN JEOPARDY. empress of Russia. See CZAB. U. B. 1181 UBI NON EST MANIFESTA u U. B. An abbreviation for “Upper Bench.” U. C. An abbreviation for “Upper Canada,” used in citing the reports. U. R. Initials of “uti roc/as,” be it as you desire, a ballot thus inscribed, by which the Romans voted in favor of a bill or candidate. Tayl. Civil Law, 191. U. S. An abbreviation for “United States.”