183, 12 N. E. 5; Griswold v. Sawyer, 125 N. Y. 411, 26 N. E. 464; Lasater v. First Nat. Bank (Tex. Civ. App.) 72 8. W. Perso representatives. This term, in its commonly accepted sense, means executors and administrators; but it may have A wider meaning, according to the intention of the a pereon using it, and may include heirs, next of kin, descendants, assignees, grantees, receiv: ers, and trustees in ri ES See Griswold v. Sawyer, 125 N. Y. 411, 26 N. E. 464; Wells v. Bente, 86 Mo. App. 264; Staples v. Lewis, 71 Conn. 288, 41 Atl. 815; Baynes v. Ottey, 1 Mylne & K. 465; In re Wilcox & Howe Co., 70 Conn. 220, 39 Atl. 163.—Real representative. He who represents or stands in the place of another, with respect to his real property, is so termed, in contradistinction to him who stands in the place of another, with regard to his personal property, and who is termed the “personal representative.” Thus the heir is the real representative of his deceased ancestor. Brown.—Representative action or suit. A representative action or suit is one brought by a member of a class of persons on behalf of himself and the other members of the class. In the proceedings before judgment the plaintiff is, as a rule, doméinus litis, (c. v.,) and may discontinue or compromise the action as he pleases. Sweet.—Representative democracy. A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 81.—Representative peers. Those who, at the commencement of every new parliament, are elected to represent Scotland and Ireland in the British house of lords; sixteen for the former and twenty-eight for the latter country. Brown.