civil law. A deferring of judgment until the cause is further examined. In this case, the judges pronounced the word amplius, or by writing the letter...
French law. Signifies the giving a duplicate of an acquittance or other instrument, in order that it may be produced in different places. The copies w...
or ami, a French word, signifying, friend. Prochein amy, (q. v.) the next friend. Alien amy, a foreigner, the citizen or subject of some friendly powe...
See Year, day, and waste....
comtruction. The similitude of relations which exist between things compared.2. To reason analogically, is to draw conclusions based on this similitud...
The absence of all political government, by extension, it signifies confusion in government....
eccl. law. A punishment by which a person is separate from, the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the faithful: it differs from e...
civil law. Usury, which consists in taking interest on interest, or receiving compound interest. This is forbidden. Code, lib. 4, t. 32, 1, 30, 1 Post...
descents. One who has preceded another in a direct line of descent, an ascendant. In the common law, the word is understood as well of the immediate p...
What relates to or has, been done by one"s ancestors, as homage ancestral, and the like....
A measure containing ten gallons. Lex, Mereatoria. ...
merc. law. A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship into a river, and sometimes a toll bearing this name is paid, although there be no anchor cas...
Something old, which by age alone has acquired some force, as ancient lights, ancient writings....
Eng. law. Those lands which either were reserved to the crown at the original distribution of landed property, or such as came to it afterwards, by fo...
estates. Windows which have been opened for twenty years or more, and enjoyed without molestation by the owner of the house. 5 Har. & John. 477, 12 Ma...
evidence. Deeds, wills, and other writings more than thirty years old, are considered ancient writings. They may in general be read in evidence, witho...
English law. A term for eldership or seniority used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. Vni....
English law. A term for gentlemen in the Inns of Courts who are of a certain standing. In the Middle Temple, all who have passed their readings are te...
That which is subordinate on, or is. subordinate to, some other decision. Encyc. Lond. 1...
The taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, in order to compel the latter to do justice to the former. Wolff. 1164, Molloy, de Ju...
An ancient English coin of the value of ten shillings sterling. Jac. L. D. h. t....
In some of our law books signifies void, of no force. F. N. B. 214....
property. A name given to every animated being endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In law, it signifies all animals except those of the him, i...
Those which, though they may be reclaimed, are not Such that at common law a larceny may be committed of them, by reason of the baseness of their natu...
The intent, the mind with which a thing is done, as animus. cancellandi, the intention of cancelling, animus farandi, the intention of stealing, animu...
An intention to destroy or cancel. The least tearing of a will by a testator, animus cancellandi, renders it invalid. See Cancellation....
crim. law. The intention to steal. In order to comstitute larceny, (q. v.) the thief must take the property anino furandi, but this, is expressed in t...
The intention of remaining. To acquire a domicil, the partymust have his abode in one place, with the intention of remaining there, for without such i...
The intention of receiving. A man will acquire no title to a thing unless he possesses it with an intention of receiving it for himself, as, if a thin...
The intention of returning. A man retains his domicil, if he leaves it animo revertendi. 3 Rawle, R. 312, 1 Ashm. R. 126, Fost. 97, 4 Bl. Com. 225, 2 ...
An intention to make a testament or will. This is required to make a valid will, for whatever form may have been adopted, if there was no animus testa...
Scotch law. Half a year"s stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister"s relict, or child, or next of kin, after his dece...
ecc. law. First fruits paid out of spiritual benefices to the pope, being, the value of one year"s profit....
property. The union of one thing to another.2. In the law relating to fixtures, (q. v.) annexation is actual or constructive. By actual annexation is ...
The age at which a girl becomes by law fit for marriage, which is twelve years....
From the French aneantir, abrogated or made null. Litt. sect. 741....
in the year of our Lord, abbreviated, A. D. The computation of time from the incarnation of our Saviour which is used as the date of all public deeds ...
civil law. A species of rent issuing out of certain lands, which were paid to Rome monasteries....
civil law. The designation of a place of deportation. Dig. 32, 1, 3 or the summoning of an, absentee. Dig. lib. 5. 2. In another sense, annotations we...
Scotch law. Annual rent. A yearly profit due to a creditor by way of interest for a given sum of money. Right of annual rent, the original right of bu...
contracts. An anuity is a, yearly sum of money granted by one party to another in fee for life or years, charging the person of the grantor only. Co. ...
English law. The title which the king acquires in land, when a party, who held not of the king, is attainted of felony. He acquires the power not only...
Without name. This word is applied to such.books, letters or papers, which are published without the author"s name. No man is bound to publish his nam...
pleading in equity. A defence in writing made by a defendant, to the charges contained in a bill or information, filed by the plaintiff against him in...
practice. The declaration of a fact by a witness after a question has been put asking for it.2. If a witness unexpectedly state facts against the inte...
Something that goes before. In the construction of laws, agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the last antecedent, ad proximun ...
Before suit brought, before controversy moved....
To, put a date to an instrument of a time before the time it was written. Vide Date....
Born before. This term is applied to those who were born or resided within the United States before or at the time of the declaration of independence....
What takes place before marriage, as, an ante-nuptial agreement, which is an agreement made between a man and a woman in contemplation of marriage. Vi...
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