B*rd  of  Inland  Rev.,  it  was  said,  "  I  do  not  Tumbling  is  not  an  entertainment  of  the

think  that  we  can  decide  this  case  merely  stage  within  the  meaning  of  an  act  forbid-

upon  the  interpretation  of  that  word  as  dins   the    performance    of    such  without

found  in  dictionaries ;  but  it  may  be  useful  authority.    The  King  v.  Handy,  6  T.  R.
to  notice  that  in  Webster's  its  meaning,  286.
amongst  others,  is  said  to  be, '  the  receiving  3.  The  inducement  to  travel  westward

and  accommodating  of  guests,  either  with  and  find  new  homes,  held  out  by  a  Chil*

650


Definition.     ENTIRE  —  ENTITLE  —  ENTRY,   WRIT  OF.       Degrees.
JUITUIE.  —  Whole;  undivided.^

ENTITLE.  —  To  give  a  claim  or  right  to.*

EHTET,  WEIT  OF.  — See  also  Ejectment;  Foreclosure;
Titles.
I.   Definition,  651.  IV.   Under  Mortgages,  654.
IL    Degrees,  6^1.  V.   Mesne  Profits,  Damages,  etc.,  654.
in.  General  Principles,  652.  VI.  Improvements,  655.
1  Definition.  —  A  writ  of  entry  is  a  real  action  to  recover  the
possession  of  land  from  one  who  wrongfully  withholds  possession
thereof.'

n.  Degrees.  —  Anciently  much  importance  was  attached  to  what
were  called  degrees.**  The  writ  was  said  to  be  in  the  quibus^
when  it  was  against  the  original  disseizor ;  in  the  first  degree,®  or
in  the  per '  when  against  the  heir  or  alienee  of  the  original  dis-
seizor;  in  the /rr  and  cui^  when  there  had  been  two  descents  or

dren*s  Aid  Society  to  destitute  children,  is  The  same  construction  was  put  upon  the

not  an  unlawful   enticement.    It  springs  word  as  used  in  a  devise  in  Brown  v.  Rigg,

from  the  very  nature  of,  and  is  incident  to,  55  L.  J.  R.  Ch.  D.  1 14.
