OFFER

I. To bring to or before; to present for acceptance or rejection; to hold out or proffer: to make a proposal to; to exhibit something that may be taken or received or not. Morrison v. Springer, 15 Iowa, 346; Vincent v. Woodland Oil Co., 165 Pa. 402, 30 At!. 991; People v..Ah Fook, 62 Cal. 494. 2. To attempt or endeavor; to make an effort to effect some o'bject; in this sense used principally in criminal law. Com. v. Harris, 1 Leg. Gaz. R. (Pa,) 451. 3. In trial practice, to "offer" evidence 1s to state Its nature and purport, or to recite what is expected to be proved by a g1.,.. en witne or document, and demand its admi ion. Unle under exceptional circumstances, the term 1s not to be taken as equivalent to "introduce." See Ansley v. Meikle, 81 Ind. 260; Lyon v. Davis, 111 Ind. 384,. 12 N. E. 714; Harris v. Tom lins on, 180 In~. 426, 80 N. E. 214. OFFER IN: GS. In English ecclesiastical law. Personal· tithes, payable by custom to the parson or• v.icar ot a parish, either occasionally, as at sacraments, marriages, churching of women, burials, etc., or at constant times, as at Easter, Christmas, etc. OFFEBTORIUM:. In English ecclesiastical law." The;Ofl'.erfµga of the taithtul, or the place whei:e they ·are made or. kept;.the Bel'Vice at·UJ.)t time ot the Comm~o:Q. [s. 854]