1 First appointed, on account of sickness of Speaker, for one day; then

for the remainder of the session.

ART. X.-PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE.

GLOSSARY.

NOTE. The author is indebted to JOHN M. DUNNING, Esq., attorney and counselor at law, Rochester, N.Y., for the following carefully-compiled glossary of legal terms and phrases.

A.

Accomplice. An associate or confederate in crime, not actually present at its commission.

Acknowledgment.

Act.

1. A declaration or avowal of one's own signature or act to a written instrument, as a deed or mortgage, before a proper officer, to give it legal validity.

2. The certificate of the officer on the instrument, that such a declaration has been made.

1. The formal declaration or expression of the will of the people, as made by their legal representatives, acting in a legislative capacity.

2. A law passed by legislative authority. A statute.

Administrator. A person lawfully appointed, with his assent, by an officer having jurisdiction, to manage and settle the estate of an intestate, or person who dies leaving no last will and testament, or of a person who dies leaving a last will and testament, but with no competent executor to carry the same into execution. One to whom letters of administration are granted.

Administratrix. A female administrator.

Admiralty.

1. The power or officers appointed for the management of naval affairs. 2. The name of a jurisdiction which takes cognizance of suits or actions which arise in consequence of acts done upon or relating to the sea.

In the United States, all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction are vested in the district courts of the United States.

Affidavit. A statement in writing, prefaced by the name of the State, and the county, or city, or town, or other municipal division, over which the officer's jurisdiction before whom it is made extends, and

signed by the person making the statement, and made on oath or affirmation before a person authorized by law to administer oaths and take affirmations.

Affirmation. A solemn declaration made by a person who conscientiously declines to take an oath, but having the same legal and binding obligation as an oath, with like penalties for perjury attached, and to be administered with like formalities.

Agency. The office or business of a person acting for or intrusted with the affairs of another. The person so acting is called the agen: the one acted for is called the principal.

Alias. Otherwise called.

Alibi. Elsewhere. A person accused of a crime, pleading and proving that he was somewhere else than where the crime was committed, at the time of its commission, pleads and proves an alibi.

Alien. One born in another country than the one where he resides; not possessing, therefore, the rights of citizenship where he resides. Alimony. An allowance made by a court to a wife out of her husband's estate. This may be done temporarily, as while a suit for divorce is pending; or it may be done for life, as where a divorce is granted. Allegiance. The duty of fidelity which a person owes to his government for the protection which it affords him. Loyalty, fealty. Ambassador. A person appointed by a sovereign state, government,

or prince, duly authorized to represent his government at the seat of, and manage its interests with, the government to which he is sent. Amnesty. An act of oblivion of past offenses, granted by the government, expressly or impliedly, either before or after conviction, to those who have committed offenses in time of war, or to those who have been guilty of any neglect or crime; destroying the criminal act. Arbitrator. Umpire, referee. A person chosen, by parties who have a controversy, to determine and settle their differences.

Arrest. The taking or apprehending of a person by the authority of law. Arson. The willful and malicious burning of a dwelling-house or out

house of another person.

Assassin. One who kills, or attempts to kill, a person by surprise or secret assault.

Assault. An unlawful attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching the person; as with the fist, or a deadly or dangerous weapon. Attachment. A seizure or taking of the person or property by virtue

of a legal process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by a judge thereof, and directed to and executed by the sheriff or other proper officer. A writ.