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OUTAGE
A tax or charge formerly imposed by the state of Maryland for the inspection and marking of hogsheads of tobacco intended for export See Turner v. Maryland, 107 U. a 38, 2 Sup. Ct 44, 27 L. Ed. 370; Turner v. State, 55 Md. 264.

A tax or charge formerly imposed by the state of Maryland for the inspection and marking of hogsheads of tobacco intended for export See Turner v. Maryland, 107 U. a 38, 2 Sup. Ct 44, 27 L. Ed. 370; Turner v. State, 55 Md. 264. Less...
OUTCROP
In mining law. The edge of a stratum which appears at the surface of the ground; that portion of a vein or lode which appears at the surface or immediately under the soil and surface debris. See Duggan v. Davey, 4 Dak. 110, 26 N. W. 887; Stevens y. Williams, More...

In mining law. The edge of a stratum which appears at the surface of the ground; that portion of a vein or lode which appears at the surface or immediately under the soil and surface debris. See Duggan v. Davey, 4 Dak. 110, 26 N. W. 887; Stevens y. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 40. Less...
OUTER BAR
In the English courts, barristers at law have been divided into two classes, viz., king's counsel, who are admitted within the bar of the courts, in seats specially reserved for themselves, and Junior counsel, who sit without the bar; and the latter are thence frequently termed barristers of the "outer More...

In the English courts, barristers at law have been divided into two classes, viz., king's counsel, who are admitted within the bar of the courts, in seats specially reserved for themselves, and Junior counsel, who sit without the bar; and the latter are thence frequently termed barristers of the "outer bar," or "utter bar," in contradistinction to the former class. Brown. Less...
OUTER HOUSE
The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term is used colloquially as expressive of the business done there in contradistinction to the "Inner House," the name More...

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term is used colloquially as expressive of the business done there in contradistinction to the "Inner House," the name given to the chambers in which the first and second divisions of the court of session hold their sittings. Bell. Less...
OUTFANGTHEF
A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court Dn Cange.

A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court Dn Cange. Less...
OUTFIT
1. An allowance made by the United States government to one of its diplomatic representatives going abroad, for the expense of his equipment. This term, in its original use, as applying to ships, embraced those objects connected with a ship which were necessary for the sailing of her, and without More...

1. An allowance made by the United States government to one of its diplomatic representatives going abroad, for the expense of his equipment. This term, in its original use, as applying to ships, embraced those objects connected with a ship which were necessary for the sailing of her, and without which she would not In fact be navigable. But in ships engaged In whaling voyages the word has acquired a much more extended signification. Macy v. Whaling Ins. Co., 9 Mete. ((Mass.) 364. Less...
OUTHEST, OR OUTHOM
A calling men out to the army by sound of horn. Jacob.

A calling men out to the army by sound of horn. Jacob. Less...
OUTHOUSE
Any house necessary for the purposes of life, in which the owner does not make his constant or principal residence, is an outhouse. State v. O'Brien, '2 Root "(Conn.) 516. A smaller or subordinate building connected with a dwelling, usually detached from it and standing at a little distance from More...

Any house necessary for the purposes of life, in which the owner does not make his constant or principal residence, is an outhouse. State v. O'Brien, '2 Root "(Conn.) 516. A smaller or subordinate building connected with a dwelling, usually detached from it and standing at a little distance from it, not intended for persons to live in, but to serve some purpose of convenience or necessity; as a barn, a dairy, a toolhouse, and the like. Less...
OUTLAND
The Saxon thanes divided' their hereditary lands into inland, such as lay nearest their dwelling, which they kept' to their own use, and outland, which lay beyond the demesnes, and was granted out td tenants, at the will of the lord, like copyhold estates. This outland they subdivided into two More...

The Saxon thanes divided' their hereditary lands into inland, such as lay nearest their dwelling, which they kept' to their own use, and outland, which lay beyond the demesnes, and was granted out td tenants, at the will of the lord, like copyhold estates. This outland they subdivided into two parts. Que part they disposed among those who attended their persons, called 44theodans," or lesser thanes; the other part they allotted to their husbandmen, oo churls. Jacob. Less...
OUTLAW
In English law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law.

In English law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law. Less...

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