A Latin expression which signifies to which, in the computation of time or distance, as the day ad quem. The last day of the term, is always computed....
At the suit of, commonly abbreviated ads. It isusual in filing pleas, and other papers, for a defendant, instead of putting the name of the plaintiff ...
The name of a writof entry which lay for the lessor or his heirs, when a lease had been made of lands or tenements, for term of life or years, and, af...
That part of an indictment, where it is stated that the object-matter of the crime or offence " then and there being found," is technically so called....
An office to be so held as to determine only by the death or delinquency of the possessor, in other words it is held quam diu se benegesserit....
According to the value. This Latin term is used in commerce in reference to certain duties, called ad valorem duties, which are levied on commodities ...
Whatever is added to a man"s name by way of title, as additions of estate, mystery, or place. 10 Went. Plead. 871, Salk. 6, 2 Lord Ray. 988, :1 WUS. 2...
in contracts. Additional terms or propositions to be added to a former agreement....
chan. plead. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate and technical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy. Coop. Eq....
legislation. In Pennsylvania it is a resolution of both, branches of the legislature, two-thirds of each house concurring, requesting the governor to ...
wills. A taking away or revocation of a legacy, by the testator.2. It is either express or implied. It is the former when revoked in express terms by ...
Cleaving to, or joining, as, adhering to the enemies of the United States.2. The constitution of the United States, art. 3, s 3, defines treason again...
The dismissal by some court, legislative assembly, or properly authorized officer, of the business before them, either finally, which is called an adj...
In English practice, is a day so called from its being a further day appointed by the judges at the regular sittings, to try causes at nisi prius....
In the English courts, is a day appointed some days before the end of the term, at which matters left undone on the affirmance day are finished. 2 Tid...
in practice. The giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause, a judgment....
Scotch law. Certain proceedings against debtors, by way of actions, before the court of sessions and are of two kinds, special and general.2. - 1. By ...
in civil law. Takes place when the thing belonging to one person is attached or united to that which belongs to another, whether this unionis caused b...
English law. Additional judges appointed to determine causes in the High Court of Delegates, when the former judges cannot decide in consequence of di...
The act by which one person solemnly charges another to tell or swear to the truth. Wolff. Inst. 374....
maritime law. The adjustment of a loss is the settlling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity which the insured after all proper allowances and...
A military officer, attached to every battalion of a regiment. It is his duty to superintend, under his superiors, all matters relating to the ordinar...
A staff officer, one of those next in rank to the Com mander-in-chief....
civil law. Something which is an accessory and appurtenant to another thing. 1 Chit. Pr. 154....
remedies. This remedy is now nearly obsolete, even in England, the following account of it is given by Chief Baron Gilbert. "The writ of admeasurement...
Eng. law. The name of a writ which lies where any tenants have common appendant in another ground and one overcharges the common with beasts. The othe...
1. A term, in the Scotch and French law, for any writing or deed referred to by a party, in an action at law, for proving his allegations. 2. An ancie...
eccl. law. This term is used in the eclesiastical law to signify evidence, which is brought to explain or complete other evidence. 2 Lee, Ecel.R. 595....
trusts. The management of the estate of an intestate, a minor, a lunatic, an habitual drunkard, or other person who is incapable of managing his own a...
government. The management of the affairs of the government, this word is also applied to the persons entrusted with the management of the publio affa...
trusts. An administrator is a person lawfully appointed, with his assent, by an officer having jurisdiction, to manage and settle the estate of a dece...
This term is applied to a woman to whom letters of administration have been granted. See Administrator....
officer. In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States....
The name of a jurisdiction which takes cognizance of suits or actions which arise in consequence of acts done upon or relating to the sea, or, in othe...
in corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or comp...
in evidence. Concessions by a party of the existence of certain facts. The term admission is usually applied to civil transactions, and to matters of ...
of attorneys and counsellors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Differe...
in pleading. Where one party means to take advantage of, or rely upon some matter alleged by his adversary, and to make it part of his case, he ought ...
in practice, It, frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expenses as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, ...
Eng. law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate, as livery of seisin is of a freehold, it is of three kinds, namely uponavoluntary grant b...
Eng. law. A writ associating certain persons to justices of assize....
A reprimamd from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him, that should ...
A term employed by the Romans to designate male descendants in the fifth degree, in a direct line. This term is used in making genealogical tables....
persons. That age which follows puberty and precedes the age of majority, it commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years complete...
civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child. Merl. Repert. h. t., Dig. 1, 7, 1...
civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes, that is, if a male, under fourteen years of age, if a female, under twelve. Dig. 1, 7, 17, 1....
in the civil law. An infant who, if a boy, has attained his full age of fourteen years, and if a girl, her full age of twelve. Domat, Liv. Prel. t. 2,...
This term denotes the act of mixing something impure with something pure, as, to mix an inferior liquor with wino, au inferior article with coffee, te...
A term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse. See Nicholas on Adulterine Bastardy....
In the old records this word does not signify the offence of adultery, but the fine imposed for its commission. Barr. on the Stat. 62, note....
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