372, 29 8S. BE. 44, 40 L. R. A. 244; Bishop v. Chase, 156 Mo. 158, 56 S. W. .1080, 79 Am. St. Rep. §15.

1882, § 4375.

218; Machias River Co. v. Pope, 35 Me. 22; Cobb County v. Adams, 68 Ga. 51;

1882, § 1797. —Bastard eigne. In old English law. Bastard elder. If a child was born of an illicit connection, and afterwards the parents intermarried and had another son, the elder was called “bastard

1882, § 2239.

436, 45 S. E. 504.—Common hall. A court in the city of London, at which all the citizens, or such as are free of the city. have a right to attend.— Common learning. Familiar law or doc

318; Polson v. Polson, 140 Ind. 310, 39

372, 45 S§. BE. 262; Bynock v. Ives, 14

675. 16 S. BE. 50, 18 L. R. A. 343; Conrad v. Morehead, 89 N. C. 31; Garstang v. Davenport, 90 Iowa, 359, 57 N. W, 876.

525, 31 S. E. 449.

1895, § 3339; Thompson v. Hoop, 6 Ohio

98, 73 Am. Dec. 751.

115, 82 8S. B 951; Whitman v. National

990, 42 S. E 422; Despard v. Churchill, 53 N. ¥. 192; Brown v. Bragg, 22 Ind. 125.

68.

1882, § 2246. And see Friedman v. Steiner, 107 Ill. 181; Woodberry v. Matherson, 19

595, 21 S. BE. 595.—Felonious homicide. In criminal law. The offense of illing a human creature, of any age or sex, without justification or excuse. There are two degrees of this offense, manslaughter and murder. 4 BI.

1882, § 4524.

1882, § 3173; People v. Kelly, 35 Barb. (N. Y.) 457; Jackson v. Jackson, 47 Ga. 99 ;

99.

1895, § 2054.—Imsurance broker. A broker chrguen whose agency insurances are effected. 3 Kent, Comm. 260. See Broken. —Insurance commissioner. <A public officer in several of the states, whose duty is to supervise the business of insurance as conducted in the state by foreign and domestic companies, for the protection and behefit of policy-holders, and especially to issue licenses, make periodical examinations into the condition of such companies, or receive, file, and publish periodical statements of their business as furnished by them.—Insurance come pany. A corporation or association whose business is to make contracts of insurance. They are either mutual companies or stock companies. A “mutual” insurance company is one whose fund for the payment of losses consists not of capital subscribed or furnished by outside parties, but of premiums mutually contributed by the parties insured, or in other words, one in which all persons insured

108, 41 S. EB. 243; McLaughlin v. Braddy, 68 8S. O. 433, 41 S. BE, 523, 90 Am. St.

374, 7 S. E. 554.—Special Hmitation. A qualification serving to mark out the bounds of an estate, 80 as to determine it ipso facto in a given event, without action, entry, or claim, before it would, or might, otherwise expire by force of, or according to, the general limitation.

260, 48 8. BE. 974; Ermentrout v. Insurance Co., 63 Minn. 305, 65 N. W. 635, 30 L.

504; Wynne v. Parsons, 57 Conn. 73, 17

207, 45 S. E. 994; State v. Lewis, 76 Mo. 870; Ex parte Crane, 5 Pet. 190, 8 L. Ed. 92; Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 158, 2 L.

229, 54 Am. ryt 874;

145; Johnson v. Dooly, 72 Ga. 297; Morey v. Milliken, 86 Me. 464, 30 Atl. 102; Me-

379; Succession of Morales, 16 La. Ann. 268.

706, 28 S. E. 273; Milwaukee Steamship

27, 11 8S. E. 721; Huffmans v. Walker, 26 Grat. (Va.) 316.

40, 39 S. E. 897; People v. Van Deleer, 53 Cal. 148; Dougherty v. People, 1 Colo. 514: State vy. Slagle, 88 N. CG 630; United

582, 32 S. E. 626; Burns v. Fox, 118 Ind. 205, 14 N. E. 541; Cape Elizabeth v. Boyd,

722; Woodworth v. State, 26 Ohio St. 200; Jones vy. State, 60 Ala. 99.

1882, § 3445. And see U. S. v. Parker, 120 U. S. 89, 7 Sup. Ct. 454, 30 L. Ed 601;

108, 33 S. E. 871.

1882, § 2717 —Specialty debt. A debt due or acknowledg-

1882, § 2148. See SuREtY.

478; Jacko v. State, 22 Ala. 74.

486, 28 S. BE. 219; Steinle v. Bell, 12 Abb. Prac. N. S. (N. Y.) 175; Russell v. Croy, 164

696, 29 S. E. 610; Epler v. Funk, 8 Pa. 468; Youngberg v. Nelson, 51 Minn. 172, 53