A. 170; State v. Payne, 129 Mo
468, 31 S. W. 7197, 83 L. R. A. 576; Blake v. McCartney, 3
Terms beginning with "A" (655 total)
A. 183; Ruohs v. Backer, 6 Heisk
(Tenn.) 400, 19 Am. Rep. 598.
A. 189, 97 Am. St. Rep
823; Ruohs v. Back~- er, 6 Heisk. (Tenn.) 405, 19 Am. Rep. 598;
A. 261; Haas v. Sternbach, 156 Ill
44, 41 N. E. 51: Newell v. Wagness, 1 N. D. 62,
A. 266, 72 Am. St. Rep
758; People v. Stone, 9 Wend. (N. Y.) 188.—False verdict. See VERDICT.—False weights. False weights and ‘measures are such as do not comply with the ‘standard prescribed by the state or government, or with the cu...
A. 280,65 Am. St. Rep
653; Lake Shore, etc.,
A. 302; State v. Kreuteberg, 114 Wis
530, 90 N. W. 1098, 58 L. R. A. 748, 91 Am. St. Rep. 934; Hayes v. Mitchell, 69 Ala. 454; Bell v.
A. 40; Bailey v. Boyd, 59 Ind
292. —Acknowle ent money. A sum paid in some parts of ngland by copyhold tenants on the death of their lords, as a recognition of their new lords, in like manner as money is usually paid on the attornment of tenants. C...
A. 483; State v. Insurance Co., 152 Mo
1, 52 8. W. 595, 45 L. R. A. 868; Gen. St. Kan. 1901, § 7864; Code Miss. 1892, § 4437; Cobbey’s Ann. St. Neb. 1903, § 11500; Bates’
A. 507, 18 Am. St. Rep
473.—Political liberty. Liberty of the citizen to parc ate in the operations of government, and particularly in the making and administration of the laws. —Religious liberty. Freedum from_dictation, constraint, or co...
A. 595; Churchill v. Demeritt
71 N. H 110, 51 Atl. 254; Van Allen v. Francis, 153 Cal. 474, 566 Pac. 389. Conditional sales are distinguishable from mortgages. They are to be taken strictly as independent dealings between strangers. A mortgage is a s...
A. 607; Com
v. Barlow, 4 Mass. 440. —Felonious assault. Such an assault upon the person as, if consummated, would subject the party making it, upon conviction, to the punishment of a felony, that is, to imprisonment in the peniten...
A. 637, 15 Am. St. Rep
386. See also Barry.
A. 657; Weeks v. Trask, 81 Me
127, 16 AtL 413, 2 L. RB. A. 582; Southern Bell Tel., etc,
A. 676; Waldo v. Cummings, 45 Ill
421; Franklin v. Armfield, 2 Sneed (Tenn.) 354;
A. 7380; In re Dibblee, 7 Fed. Cas
654.—Or- Ginary repairs. Such as are necessary to make good the usual wear and tear or natural and unavoidable decay and keep the property in good condition. See Abell v. Brady, 79 Md. 94,
A. 790, 16 Am. St. Rep
224; Whallon v. Gridley, 51 Mich. 508, 16 N. W. 876.—County sessions. In England, the court of general quar ter sessions of the peace held in every county once in every quarter of a year. Mozley & Whitley —County-tow...
A. 797, 77 Am. St. Rep
484; Webb v. Bidwell, 15 Minn. 483 (Gil. 304) ; State v. Farmer, 94 Tex. 232, 59 8. W. 541; Kinney v.
A. 82, 58 Am. St. Rep
165; Dunham vy. Dunham, 57 Ill. App. 497.
A. 82; McCoy v. Zane, 65 Mo
15; Stevens v. People, 67 Ill. 590.
A. 92, 100 Am. St. Rep
1012; Milster v. Spartanburg, 68 S. C. 243, 47 S. E. 141;
A. K. Marsh
(Ky.) 610, 18 Am. Dec. 205.
A. Moo. A. Moore’s Reports, in vol
1 Bosanquet & Puller. ‘ A.M.&0QO. Armstrong, Macartney &
A. qui medius est inter CO
et prefatum B..:” that is, A., who is mesne between C., the lord paramount, and B., the tenant paravail.
A. R.V.R
22. Anno Regni Victoris Re gina Vicesimo Secundo.
A.D
Lat. Contraction for Anno Domini, {in the year of our Lord.)
A> man:may do
an act willfully, and yet be free of malice. But he cannot do an.act maliciously without at the same time doing it willfully. The malicious doing of an act includes ‘thé willful doing of it. Malice. includes intent; v...
AB ANTECEDENTE
bBeforehand; in advance.
AB AOTIS
Lat. An. officer having eharge of actu, public records, registers, jour- Dals, or minutes; an officer who entered on record the acta or proceedings of a court; a elerk of court; a notary or actuary. Calvin. Lex. Jurid. S...
Ab assuctis non fit injuria
From things to which one is accustomed (or in which there has been long acquiescence) no legal injury or wrong arises. If a person neglect to insist on his right, he is deemed to have abandoned It. Amb. 645; 3 Brown, Ch....
AB EPISTOLIS
Lat. An officer having charge of the correspondence (eptstole) of his superior or sovereign; a secretary. Calvin.; Splegelias. ;
AB EXTRA
(Lat. evira, beyond, without.) From without. Lunt v. Holland, 14
AB INCONVENIENTI
From hardship, or inconvenience. An argument founded upon the hardship of the case, and the inconvenience or disastrous consequences to which a different course of reasoning would lead.
AB INITIO MUNDI
Lat. From thebe ginning of the world. Abd initio mundé usque ad hodiernum diem, from the beginning of the world to this day. Y. B. M.1 Edw. III. 24. ,
AB INTESTATO
Lat. In the civil law. From an intestate; from the intestate; in case of intestacy. Hereditas ab intcstato, an inheritance derived from an intestate. Inst. 2, 9, & Successio ab intestato, succession to an intestate, or i...
AB INVITO
Lat. By or from an un willing party. A transfer Ab invito is a compulsory transfer.
ABAMITA
as in the feudal law, and from which the English “alienation” has been formed. Inst. 2, 8, pr.; Id. 2, 1, 40; Dig. 50, 16, 28.
ABANDONMENT
est In the thing insured. Civil Code Cal. § 2716. sort willfully, and ith an intention of causing perpetual separation. Gay v. State, 105
ABATEMENT OF A NUISANCE. | The
removal, prostration, or destruction of that which. causes a nuisance, whether by breaking or pulling it down, or otherwise remoy ing, disintegrating, or effacing it. Rut v.
ABATOR
their deterioration or damage suffered during importation, or while in store. A’. diminution or decrease in the amount of aia imposed upon any person. ;
ABATUDA
the latter can enter, after the ancestor's death. Litt. § 397. who abates, prostrates, or destroys a nulsance. 7
ABAVIA
Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 4; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 6; Bract. fol. 68b.
ABAVUNOULUS
Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandmother’s brother, (abavie frater.) Inst. 3, 6,6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called avunculus mazimus. Id. 38,10, 10,17. Called by Bracton and Fieta abavunculus magnus.
ABAVUS
Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandfather. Inst. 3, 6, 4; Dig. $8, 10, 1, 6; Bract. fol. 67a.
Abb
(U. S.) 364, Fed. Cas. No. 15,254. ; (U. 8S.) 423, Fed. Cas. No. 12,801.—Collateral undertaking. “Collateral” and “original’? have become the technical terms whereby 0. ©. Abbott’s Circuit Court, United St...
Abb, Ad
(or Abb. Adm.). Abbott’s Admiralty Reports.
Abb. 'U. S. 510, Fed: Cas. No
5,949; Dennett v. Dennett, 44 N. HL 5381, 84 Am. Dec. 97; People v. Lake, 2 Parker, Cr. R. (N. Y¥.) 218.
Abb. Dec
(N. Y.) 214; Green’s Appeal, 42 Pa. 25.
Abb. Pr
(or Prae.). Abbott’s New York Practice Reports. :
Abb. Prac
(N. Y.) 229: Mosley v. Norman, 74