My friends - We will close out this week's postings with a continuation of the Tips series segments on 18th and 19th century legal terminology. A number of people have expressed an interest in seeing this legal aspect of the terminology series continued, and that's what I will do in this installment. Just as an interesting side note - the JP List celebrates its second full year in operation this week. We have a good number of the charter subscribers who are still with us today, and many other subscribers with "tenure". As of this morning, we have grown to 584 subscribers to this List. I would not have thought, two years ago, that we would ever have more than perhaps 200 folks subscribed to the JP List. I like to think that we have - collectively - over these past 24 months, created a forum and an environment in which all of us have hopefully learned more about our progenitors and about the Jackson Purchase region, and perhaps had a bit of fun in the process. We start our third year with that same mission before us. I will continue to do what I can to make this forum an interesting and a learning "cooperative". The thanks for its success, of course, goes to the subscribers, and all of you should give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back. As is customary, there will be no data posts per se over the weekend, but I may drop by with another land grant or other file, if time permits. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Legal Terminology of the 18th & 19th Centuries (Continued) naked - a term sometimes used to describe a legal instrument that has a fault within it, or is incomplete nata - a rarely seen term - signifies a daughter necrology - occasionally seen as a reference to a church's death records nepos ex filio - the child of a brother or sister recognitors - a term, rarely seen, which refers to a jury real property - land; real estate recital - a stating of the terms of a document RD - release of dower rights Recorder's Release - a document usually drawn after twenty years to indicate the payment in full of a mortgage reft - sometimes seen in colonial newspapers - refers to a robbery relict(a) - a widow, usually seen in a phrase such as, "Jane, relict of John Smith..." renounce - to abandon or refuse to accept, such as a widow renouncing the terms of her husband's will in favor of her legal right to a certain part of the estate residuary legatee - an individual who receives the inheriatnce of the remainder of an estate. Often seen in wills as "The remainder of my estate, I leave to..." reeve - sometimes seen in colonial documents - baliff rogue money - sums paid by counties to arrest, jail and maintain prisoners runiple - a slowly accumulated large debt rod - a survey measurement equal to 16.5 feet retour - the jury's verdict interfector - one who murders in forma pauperis - allows a poor individual to being suit without incurring court costs ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++