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frauds it is enacted that "no action shall be brought to charge
the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt,
default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the
agreement," etc. "shall be in writing," etc. The word
miscarriage, in this statute comprehends that species of
wrongful act, for the consequences of which the law would make
the party civilly responsible. The wrongful riding the horse of
another, without his leave or license, and thereby causing his
death, is clearly an act for which the party is reasonsible in
damages, and therefore, falls within the meaning of the word
miscarriage.  The term "miscarriage of justice" is often used to
describe a legal act, verdict, result, etc., that appears to be
clearly mistaken, unfair, improper, etc.  med. jurisp. By this
word is technically understood the expulsion o