Assur
c. 12, § 40. c..16.
Terms beginning with "A" (655 total)
Assur. Soc
194 N. Y. 212, 87 N. E. 443, 22
ASSURANCE °
is so called where the declaration sets’ out ‘the precise eneuage or effect of a special contract, which forms the ground of action; as distinguished from a general assumpsit, in which the technical claim is for a de...
ASYLUM
1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. State v. Bacon, 6 Neb. 291; Cromie v. Institution of Mercy, 3 Bush (...
Asylum, 9 Cow
(N. Y.) 511,.18 Am, Dec. 316.
AT LARGE
(1) Not limited to any particular place, district, person, matter, or question. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious anfmal so free from restraint as to be liable to do mischief. (8) Fully; ...
At the assizes (g
v.) the judges sit by virtue of five several authorities, one of which is the commission of “general gaol delivery.” This empowers them to try and deliverance make of every prisoner who shall be in the gaol when the ...
ATAVUS
place, but also shelter, security, protection; and a fugitive from justice, who has committed a crime in a foreign country, “seeks an asylum” at all times when he claims the use of the territories of the United State...
Ath 528; In re Receivership
109 La. 875, 33 South. 903.
ATHA
eration in the ascending scale will be T'ritavtpater, and the next above it Proavi-atavus.
Ati
714, 82 L. R. A. 236, 52'Am. St. Rep. 270; People v. Martin, 175 N. Y. 815, 67 N. 589, 96 Am. St. Rep. 628.—Judieial comity. The principle in accordance with which the courts of one state or goneicton will give effect ...
Atkins, 5 Blackf
(Ind.) 458; State v. Chinn, 142 Mo. 507, 44 S. W. 245. .
Atl
386, 25 L. R. A. 349; People v. Sanborn, 14 N. Y. St. Rep. 123. 774; Miller v. Rapp, 7 Ind. App. 89, 34 N. BE. 126; Hall v. Bartlett, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 297; Branyan v. Kay, 38 S. C. 283, 11 S. 663; Hale v. Grand Trunk R....
Atlanta, K. & N. R. Co
v. Southern Ry. Co., 131 Fed. 666, 66 C. ©. A. 601; Venable v.
ATTACHMENT
into the custody of the law; used either for the purpose of bringing a person before the court, of acquiring jurisdiction over the property seized, to compel an appearance, to furnish security for debt or costs, or to ar...
ATTAINT D’UNE CAUSE
law. The gain of a suit.
ATTBRMINARE
of twenty-four persons, and, if they found the verdict a false one, the judgment was that the jurors should become infamous, should forfeit their goods and the profits of their lands, should themselves be imprisoned, and...
ATTENTAT
Lat. He attempts. In the civil and canon law. Anything wrongfully innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge, (or Judge a quo,) pending an
ATTERMINING
the time of payment of a debt. St. Westm. 2, c. 4; Cowell; Blount.
ATTESTOR OF A CAUTIONER
in Scotch practice. A person who attests the sufficiency of a cautioner, and agrees to become subsidiarie liable for the debt. Bell.
ATTORNATO FACIENDO VEL RE
OIPIENDO. l In old Pnglish law. An obsolete writ, which commanded a sheriff or steward of a county court or hundred court. to receive and admit an attorney to appeur for the person who owed suit of court.
ATTORNE
L. Fr. In old English law.
ATTORNEY
ATTORNARE. In feudal law. To attorn; to transfer or turn over; to appoint an attorney or substitute. - =
ATTORNEY AT LAW
stead, some lawful act. People v. Smith, 112
Attorney General v. Lowrey, 131 Mich
639, 92 N. W. 289. In British politics, a programme or plan (or a more or less definitely formulated demand) for the right of local self-government for Ireland under the lead of an Irish national parliament.
Attorney General v. Stevens, 1 N. J. Eq
378, 22 Am. Dec. 526; Manufacturing Co. v. Schofield, 28 Ind. App. 95, 62 N. BE. 106; Cedar
Attys. Gen
10. And see Crowell v. Parker, 22 R: I. 51, 46 Atl. 35, 84 Am. St. Rep. 815;
Auburn, 27 Neb
435, 43 N. vy. Peace, 110 N. C. 32, 14 S.
AUCTIONEER
ATTORNMENT. In feudal and old English luw. <A turning over or transfer by a sells at auction. Crandall vy. State, 28 Ohio
AUCTORITATE PARLIAMENTI. ‘The
style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great revolution, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared protector.
AUDIENDO ET TERMINANDO. A
writ or commission to certain persons to appease and punish any insurrection or great riot. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 110.
Auditor General, 120 Mich
95, 78 N. W. 1025, 44 L. R. A. 679.
Augusta, 50 Ga
537; Levi v. Louisville, 97 Ky. 394, 30 S. W. 973, 28 LR. A. 480.—License in amortisation. <A license authorizing a conveyance of property which, without it, would be invalid under the statutes of mortmain.— age lice...
Augusta, 87 Ga
599; People v.. Feitner, 56
AULA
before an auditor. People v. Green, 5 Daly (N. Y.) 200; Maddox v. Randolph County, 65
Aula regis. The chief
court of England jin
AULNAGE
pai: Norman times. It was established by William the Conqueror in his own'‘hall. It was composed of the great officers of state, resident in the palace. and followed the king's household in all his expeditions.
AULNAGER. See ALNAGER
. AUMEEN. In Indianlaw. Trustee; commissioner; a temporary collector or supervisor, appointed to the charge of a country on the removal of a zemindar, or for any other, particular purpose of local investigation or arrang...
Ausman y. Veal, 10 Ind
356, 71 Am. Dec. 331.
Aust
L. T. Australian Law Times.
AUTER, Autre
L. Fr. Another; other. —Auter action pendant. In pleading. Another action pending. A species of plea in abatement. 1 Chit. Pl. 434.—Anuter, droit.
AUTHOR
AUTHENTIC. Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duly vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Downing v. Brown, 3 Colo. 590.
AUTHORITIES
AUTHORITIES. Citations to statutes, precedents, judicial decisions, and text-books of the law, made on the argument of questions of Jaw or the trial of causes before a court, in support of the legal positions contended f...
AUTREFO!IS
L. Fr. At another time; formerly; before; heretofore.
AUXILIARY
AUXILIUM. In feudal and old English law. Aid; compulsory aid, hence a tax or tribute; a kind of tribute paid by the vassal to his lord, being one of the incidents of the tenure by knight's ‘service. Spelman. —Auxilin...
AVAILS
Benedict v. Huntington, 32 N. Y. 224; Brigham y, Tillinghast, 13 N. Y. 218.
AVENTURE, or ADVENTURE. A
mischance causing the death of a man, as where a person is suddenly drowned or killed by any accident, without felony. Co. Litt. 381.
AVERAGE
lord. Cowell. A labor or service performed with working cattle, horses, or oxen, or with Wagons and carriages. Spelman. and transportation by the whole quantity of tonnage carried, reduced to a common standard of tons m...
Averill, 45 Conn
79, 29 Am. Rep. 642; Green v. Lane, 45 N. C. 113; Grimball v. Patton, 70
Avery, 60 Ind
572; 4 Kent, Comm. 452.