"Cosening" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

L. Lat In old Eng-lish law. An abatement of freehold; an en-try upon lands by way of Interposition be-tween the …

L. Lat In old English law. An abettor. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, 8 7. See Abettor

IO. In old English law. The depriving of a thing by the judgment of a court; a putting out of …

To reach, to touch. In old law, the ends were said to abut, the sides to adjoin, Cro. Jac. 184. …

In old English law. A measure of corn, conjectured to have been the same with our quarter, or eight bushels, …

In old Scotch law. An attorney. Skene

In old English law. Admeasurement. Reg. orig. 156, 157

In old Italian law. Persons chosen hy the consent of contending parties, to decide questions between them. Literally, mediators. Spelman

In old English law. To annul;, to make void; to reduce to noth* ing; to treat as nothiug; to hold …

In old European law. To undertake, declare, or promise solemnly; to pledge; to pledge one’s self to mnke oath. Spelman

In old English law. A patroness; a woman who had the rlght of presenting to a church. Spelman

In old English law. An adulterer. Beaty v. Richardson, 56 S. C. 173, 34 S. E. 73, 46 L. R. …

In old English law. Adultery between parties both of whom were married. Ilunter v. U.* S., 1 Pin. (W1S.) 91, …

In old English law. Plow cat-tie, bullocks or plow horses. Affri, or afri earucte; beasts of the plow. Spelman

L. Lat. In old English law. A hayward, herdward, or keeper of the herd of cattle in a common field. …

In old English law. Agreemeut; au agreement. Spelman

In old European law. A kind of oath among the Bavarians. Spelman. In Saxon law. one bound by oath, q. …

In old Scotch law. The court of the justices itinerant, corresponding with the English eyre, (q. v.) Skene de Verb. …

In old English law. An easement. Spelman

In old English law. Cf kin. “Next-a-kln." 7 Mod. 140