AMITA
Lat. A aunt on the father’s side.
Terms beginning with "A" (655 total)
AMITTERE
Lat. English law. To lose. “amitt.”
AMONG
A great-aunt on the father’s side. Améta major. A great-great aunt on the father’s side. Amita marina. A great-great-great aunt, or a great-great-grandfather’s sister. Calvin.
AMORTIZATION 67
distributed among several persons, it cannot be all given to one, nor can any of the persons be wholly excluded from the distribution. Hudson v. Hudson, 6 Munf. (Va.) 352.
AMOUNT. The effect, substance
or result; the total or aggregate sum. Hillburn v. Railroad Co., 23 Mont. 229. 58 Pac. 551;
AMOVEAS MANUS
Lat. That you remove your hands. After office found, the king was entitled to the things forfeited, either lands or personal property; the remedy for a person aggrieved was by “peti-
AMPUTATION OF RIGHT HAND
An ancient punishment for a blow given in & superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court.
AMY. See AMI; PROCHEIN AMY
AN. The English indefinite article. In statutes and other legal documents, it is equivalent to “one” or “any;” is seldom used to denote plurality. Kaufman y. Superior
An act which relates to certain individuals
or to particular classes of men. Dwar. St. 629;
An action. Bract
fol. 3. Or, rather, those proceedings in the Roman action which were conducted before the preetor.
An agreement, or concord. Fleta, lib
5, « 8, § 5. The agreement or unanimity of a jury. Compellere ad concordiam. Fleta, lib. 4,c. 9, § 2.
An assault is an attempt
with force or violence, to do a corporal injury to another, and may consist of any act tending to such corporal injury, accompanied with such circumstances as denote at the time an intention, coupled with the present abi...
AN ASTHESIA
tion,” or “monstrans de droit,” or “trawerses,” to establish his superior right. Thereupon a writ issued, guod manus domini regis amoveantur. 3 Bl. Comm. 260.
AN ET JOUR
Fr. Year and day; a year and a day.
An intermediate lord; a-.lord
who. stood between a tenant and the chief lord; a lord who was also a tenant. “Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant. holdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence.” Co. Litt. 23a. : 4 3 —Moesne ee If A. grant...
ANALOGY
jlarity of proportion. precedent in point, in cases on the same subject, lawyers have recourse to cases on & different subject-matter, but governed: by the Same general principle. This is reasoning by analogy. Wharton.
ANCESTRAL. Relating
to ancestors, or to what has been done by them; as homage ancestrel.
ANCIENT
merly regarded as of great authority in law.
ANCIPITIS USUS
Lat. In international law. Of doubtful use; the use of which is doubtful; that may be used for a civil or peaceful, as well as military or warlike, purpose. Gro. de Jure B. lib. 3, c 1, § 5, subd. 8; 1 Kent, Comm. 140.
AND BOUNDS
BUTTS. In old English law. Short pieces of land left unplowed at the ende of
AND CRY
ORY DE PAIS, or CRI DE PAIS. The hue and cry raised by the people in ancient times, where a felony had been committed and the constable was absent.
AND GENERAL JAIL DELIVERY. In
American law. <A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania.
And he says that
these are called “natural
And see also, oe v. Jones, 87 ‘Ala
691, 5°Soath. 785, 40. R. 113: Brown v. Beaueuaiop: 5 T. B. Mon. Asay 113, 17 Am. Dec.
And see Duggan v. Davey, 4 Dak
110, 26 N. W. 887; Stevens v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 42; Montana Cent. Ry. Co. v. Migeon (OC.
And see Farrar v. State, 20 Tex. App
250, 15 S. W. 719; Violett v. Comm. (Ky.) 72 S. W. 1; State v. Cheatwood, 2 Hill, Law (S. C.) 462.
And see Geiser Mfg. Co
v. Frick Co. (©. C.) 92 Fed. 191; Joliet Mfg. Co. v. Dice, 105 Il. 650; Schwarzwaelder v. Detroit (C. 0.) T7
And see Harrison vy. Boring, 44 Tex
267; Albright v. Cortright, 64 N. J. Law, 330, 45
And see Insurance Co, v. Dorsey, 56 Md
81, 40 Am. Rep. 403; Mitchell v. Insurance Co., 16 App. D. C. 270; Louisville Underwriters v. eh 123 Ind. 544, 24 N. EB. 221, 7L. R.
And see Mason v. Warner, 31 Mo
510; Live ingston v. Jefferson. 15 Fed. Cas. 664; Ackerson v. Erie R. Co., 31 N. J. Law, 312;; McLeod ac & P. R. Co., 58 Vt. 727, 6 Ath
And see Millican vy. Millican, 24 Tex
446.— Improper navigation. Anything improper- A one with the ship or pert of the ship in
And see O’Bryan v. State
27 Tex. App. 339, 11S. W. 443.—False token. In criminal law. A false document or.sign of the existence of a fact. used with intent to defraud, for the purpose of obtaining money or property. State vv. Renick, 38 Or. 58...
And see Pen. Code Cal
1908, § 1058.—Challenge to the poll. A challenge made separately to an individual juror; as distinguished from a challenge to the array. Harrisburg Bank vy. Forster, 8 Watts (Pa.) 306.—General challenge. A species o...
And see Railroad Co
v. Le Rosen, 52 La. Ann. 192, 26 South. 854; Sunol vy. Hepburn, 1 Cal. om possession. Possession of real property is said to be “open” when held without concealment or attempt at secrecy, or with-
And see Welsh v. People, 17 Ill
339; State v. Skinner, 29 Or. 599, 46 Pac. 368.—Larceny from the person. Larceny committed where the property stolen is on the person or in the immediate charge or custody of the person from whom the theft is made, but...
And. Andrews’ Reports, vols
63-72 Connecticut;—Andrews’ English King’s Bench Reports.
Anders
51. (or Anderson). Anderson’s Re ports, English Court of Common Pleas.
Anderson y. Winfree
85 Ky. 597, 4 S. W. 351; Pitcher v. People, 16 Mich. 142.
Anderson, 42 Vt
350, 1 Am. Rep. 334.
Andover, 108 Mass
97; St. Joseph’s Church v. Assessors of Taxes, 12 R. I. 19, Am. Rep. 507 ; Merrick v. Amherst, 12 Allen (Mass.) 508. A public school is one belonging to the public and established and conducted under public authority; ...
Andr
(or Andrews). Andrews’ English King’s Bench Reports. See also And.
Andrews v. Johns, 59 Ohio St
65, 51 N. B. 880; Belmont v. Ponvert, 35 N. Y. Super. Ct. 212.
Andrus y. Knott
12 Or. 501, 8 Pac. 763;
ANECIUS
L. Lat. Spelled also esnecius, enitius, Ancas, eneyus. The eldest-born; the first-born; senior, as contrasted with the puis-ne, (younger.) Spelman.
Angl
615; Townsh. P!. 50. Flotson, jetson, and lagon are styled adventure maris, (adventures of the sea.) Hale, De Jure Mar. pt. lL « 7.
ANGUISH
ANDROCHIA. In old English law. A dairy-woman. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 87. ANDROGYNUS. An hermaphrodite. ANDROLEPSY. The taking by one na-
ANGYLDE
as used in law, particularly mental suffering or distress of great intensity. Cook v. Raflway Co., 19 Mo. App. 334..
ANIMO
Lat. With intention, disposition, design, will. Quo animo, with what intention. Animo cancellandi, with inten-
Anis vy. Smith, 16 Pet
313, 10 L. Ed. 973.—Ire regular process. Sometimes the term “ir regular process” has been defined to mean process absolutely void, and not merely erroneous and voidable; but usually it has been applied to all proce...
ANN
physical act. Dig. 50, 17, 153; Id. 41, 2 3, 1; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5, §§ 9, 10.