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5. distress for rent or other duties, or of cattle damage feasant,....
which is a taking of a personal chattel of the wrongdoer into
the custody of the party injured to procure satisfaction,.....

the things which may be distrained,

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2. arbitration, which is where the parties submit the matters in dis-
pute to the judgment of arbitrators, sometimes adding an um-
pire,

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but the new title must be cast upon him, not gained by his own act or folly,. 20

redress of injuries in courts is effected by the co-operation of the act of the par-
ties and the act of the law,...

where a party has a remedy by his own act, he has a remedy in court at his

option,...

a court is a place where justice is judicially administered,.

the power to hold which is derived from the king, who, in contemplation of
law, is always present,..

some courts are of record, whose acts and proceedings are enrolled for a per-
petual memorial and testimony,

against the truth of which records nothing can be averred,.

other courts are not of record, and have limited power,..

in every court there are three constituent parts, the actor, the reus, and the

judex,.....

also in superior courts, attorneys and advocates, or counsel,.
the advocates are either barristers or sergeants,

some of whom are king's counsel,

they cannot maintain action for fees,.
their privileges and responsibilities,.

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held by judges appointed by the king, with jurisdiction in all civil

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11. the courts of assize and nisi prius,.

courts of the United States,..

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subtraction of conjugal rights; the court being empowered to award
restitution,

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or damages may be recovered in trover.

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2. those which arise from natural reason and the just construction of law, 162

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