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Lat. As guests. 1 Salk. 25, pi. 10. Ut poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat. That the punishment may reach a few, but the fear of it affect all. A maxim in criminal law, expressive of one of the principal objects of human punishment 4 Inst. 0; 4 Bl. Comm. 11. Ut res magis valeat quam pereat. That the thing may rather have effect than be de- stroyed. Saltonstall v. Sanders, 11 Allen (Mass.) 455; Simonds v. Walker, 100 Mass. 113; National Pemberton Bank v. Lougee, 108 Mass. 373, 11 Am. Rep. 307. Ut summae potestatis regis est posse quantum velit, sic magnitudinis est velle quantum possit. 3 Inst. 230. As the highest power of a king is to be able to do all he wishes, so the highest greatness of him is to wish all he Is able to do.

a Latin phrase that means as stated above.

In old English practice. Octave; the octave; the eighth day following any term or feast. Cowell.

An escape of a felon out of prison.

Born of the same mother. A uterine brother or sister is one born of the same mother, but by a different father.

Preguaucy.

Lat. Both; each. “The justices, being in doubt as to the meaning of this word in an indictment, demanded the opinions of grammarians, who delivered their UTFANGTHEF 1193 UXOR opinions that this word doth aptly signify one of them.” 1 Leon. 241.

Iu Saxon and old English law. The privilege of a lord of a manor to judge and punish a thief dwelling out of his liberty, and committing theft without the same, if he were caught within the lord’s jurisdiction. Cowell.

In Insurance. An invasion from abroad, or an internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and C when the firing of towns becomes unavoida- ble. These words cannot mean the power of a common mob. 2 Marsh. Ins. 791.

Lat. In the civil law. To use. Strictly, to use for necessary purposes; as distinguished from “frui,” to enjoy. Ileinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 4,