Andr
(or Andrews). Andrews’ English King’s Bench Reports. See also And.
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ANGUISH
ANDROCHIA. In old English law. A dairy-woman. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 87. ANDROGYNUS. An hermaphrodite. ANDROLEPSY. The taking by one na-
AO ETIAM
(Lat. And also.) Words ised to introduce the statement of the real cause of action, in those cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious cause of action to give the court jurisdiction, and also the rea? cause, in compliance with the statytes,
APPELLQGQ
Lat. In the civil law. I appeal. The form of making an appeal apud acta. Dig. 49, 1, 2.
APPREHENSIO
Lat. In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or thing; apprehension; the seizure or ccapture of a person. Calvin.
Apthorp, 12 Mass
256; Queen Ins. Co. v.
ARRIAGE AND CARRIAGE. In Eng
lish and Scotch law. Indefinite services formerly demandable from tenants, but prohibited by statute, (20 Geo. IT. c. 50, §§ 21, 22.)
Ase’n, 77 Tex
225, 18 8S. W. 980; Queen Ins.
ASSIGNMENT
assignee is clothed with the rights of his
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.
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.
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 for.
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. —Auxilinm ad filium militem faciendum ...
B., 1
2, c. 18, § 10. The form of taking an oath differs in language, agrees in meaning; for it ought to have this sense: that the Deity is invoked.
B.& Ad
(or Adol.). Barnewall & Adolphus’ English King’s Bench Reports.
Bailey v. Dean, 5 Barb
(N. Y.) 303; Ashley v. Frame, 4 Kan. App. 265, 45 Pac. 927; le v. Groves, 134 Mass. 472. But in a more particular sense it means (1) an action on a statute which gives a certain panely to be recovered by any person who will sue for it, (In re
Baking Powder Co
y. Raymond (0. C.) 7
BAN
1. In old English and civil law. A proclamation; a public notice; the announcement of an intended marriage. Cowell. An excommunication; a curse, publicly pronounced. A proclamation of silence made by a crier in court before the meeting of champions i...
Bankr
13; Bankr. Act 1869, § 55.—Oomptrollers of the hanaper. In Pnglish law. Officers of the court of chancery; their offices were abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. « 103.—State comptroller. A supervising officer of revenue in a state government, whose princ...
BANOUS. IL
Lat. In old English law and practice. A bench or seat in the king's hall or palace. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 16, 3 1.
Bardwell v. Collins, 44 Minn
97, 46 N. W. 315, 9 L. R. A. 152, 20 Am. St. Rep. 547.—Pocket ent. A statute-merchant which was enable at any time after non-payment on the day assigned, without further proceedings. D.
Barn. & -Ald
585.—Keep open. To allow general access to one’s shop. for purposes of traffic, is a violation of a statute forbidding him to “keep open” his shop on the Lord’s day, although the outer entrances are closed. Com. v. Harrison, 11 Gray (Mass.)...
Barn. &O
(or Cr.). Barnewall & Cresswell’s English King's Bench Reports.
Barring. Obs. St
(or Barring. St.). Barrington’s Observations upon the Statutes from Magna Charta to 21 James I.
Bartlett v. Christhilf, 69 Md
219, 14 Atl. 518; King v. Johnston, 81 Wis. 578, 51 N. W. 1011; Kline v. Hibbard, 80 Hun, 50, 29
Batt
(or Batty). Batty’s Irish King’s Bench Reports. :
BBNEFICIO PRIMA [(ECOLESIAS
TICO HABENDO.] In English law. An ancient writ, which was addressed by the king to the lord chancellor, to bestow the benefice that should first fall in the royal gift, above or under a specified value, upon a person named therein. Reg. Orig. 307.
Bell. Cas
t. H. VIII. es (collected by Bellewe). t. R. I. Bellewe’s English King’s Bench Reports (time of Richard IJ).
Best & 8S
(or Best & Sm.). Best & Smith’s English Queen’s Bench Reports.
BLACK ACTS
Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down to the year 1586 or 1587, so called because printed in black letter. Bell.