from his home, and beyond the circle of his friends or acquaintances. Gholson y. State, 53 Ala. 521, 25 Am. Rep. 652.

Lat. In Roman law. A private person appointed by the pretor, with the consent of the parties, to try and decide a cause or action commenced before him. He received from the pretor a written formula instructing him as to.the legal principles #eording to which the action was to be judged. Calvin. Hence the proceedings before him were said to be in judicio, as those before the praetor were said to be in jure.

judge to whom, an abpen! is made or taken. alifax, Ciyil Law, b. 3, c. 11, no. 34—Judex ad:‘quem. <A judge to whom an appeal is taken.—Judex tus. In Roman law. judge given, that is, assigned or ped pk poaaeg by the pretor to try a cause.—Judex delegatus. A delegated judge; a special jydge—Judex fiscalis.. fiscal judge;: one having cognigance of matters relating to the fiscus, (c. v.)—= Judexz ordinarius. In the civil law. An ordinary judge; one who had the right of hearing and determining causes as a matter of his own proper jurisdiction, (eA propria jsurisdictione,) and not by virtue of a delegated author ity. Calvin—Judex pedaneus. In Roman law. The judge who was commissioned by the retor to hear a cause was so called, from the ow seat which he anciently occupied at the foot of the preetor’s tribunal.