A AVER ET TENER
L. Fr. (L. Lat. habendum et tenendum.) To have and to hold. Co. Litt. §§ 523, 524. A aver et tener a Iny et A ses heircs, a touts jours,—to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever. Id. $625. See Aver er TENER.
Category: Latin Maxims
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A LIBELLIS
L. Lat. An officer who had charge of the libelli or petitions addressed to the sovereign. Calvin. A name sometimes given to a chancellor, (cancellarius,) in the early history of that office. Spelman, “Canccllerius.”
A PALATIO
L. Lat. From palatium, (a palace.) Counties palatine are hence so called. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. See PaxLaTium.
A RESPONSIS
L. Lat. In ecclesiastical law. One whose office it was to give or convey answers; otherwise termed responsalis, and apoucrisiarinus. One who, being consulted on ecclesiastical matters, gave answers, counsel, or advice; otherwise termed A consiliis. S...
A RETRO
L. Lat. Behind; in arrear. Et reditus proveniens inde A retro fuerit, and the rent issuing therefrom be in arrear.
ABIATICUS, or AVIATICUS
L. lat. In feudal law. A grandson; the son of a son.
ACTIONARE
L. Lat. (From actfio, an action.) In old records. To bring an action; to prosecute, or sue. Thorn’s Chron.; Whishaw.
Actus Reus
AK-tus RAY-uh
The guilty act; the physical component of a crime. The external manifestation of the criminal intent, as distinguished from the mental element (mens rea).
AD TERMINUM QUI PRETERIT
For a term which has passed. Words fn the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law to recover, on behalf of a landlord, possession of premises, from a tenant holding over after the expiration of the term for which they were demised. See...
ADATU
L. Lat. From the date. Haths v. Ash, 2 Salk. 413. <A die datas,-from the day of the date. Id.; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p: 248, § 1801; Hatter v. Ash, 1 Ld. Raym. %.
ADMIRALITAS
L. Lat. Admiralty; the admiralty, or court of admiralty.
AFFILARE
L. Lat. To file or afiile.
AGILLARIUS
L. Lat. In old English law. A hayward, herdward, or keeper of the herd of cattle in a common field. Cowell.
ALODE, Alodes, Alodis
L. Lat. In feudal law. Old forms of alodium, or allodium, dq. v.) *
ALTA PRODITIO
L. Lat. In old English law. High treason. 4 Bl. Comm. 75.
ALTERNIS VICIBUS
L. Lat. By alternate turns; at alternate times; alternately. Co. Litt. 4a; Shep. Touch. 206.
ALTUM MARE
L. Lat. In old English law. The high sea, or seas. Co. Litt. 260b. The deep sea. Super altum mare, on the high seas. Hob. 2120.
AMERALIUS
L. Lat A naval commander, under the eastern Roman empire, but not of the highest rank; the origin, according to Spelman, of the modern title and office of admiral. Spelman.
ANECIUS
L. Lat. Spelled also esnecius, enitius, Ancas, eneyus. The eldest-born; the first-born; senior, as contrasted with the puis-ne, (younger.) Spelman.
ARCHICAPELLANUS
L. Lat. In old Buropean law. A chief or high chancellor, (summus cancellarius.) Spelman.
ARCHIVES
ARCHAIONOMIA. A collection of Saxon laws, published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the Saxon language, with a°* Latin version by Lambard.
BALIVA
L. Lat. In old bai ‘law. A balliwick, or jurisdiction.
BANNI NUPTIARUM
L. Lat. In old English law. The bans of matrimony.
BILLA
L. Lat. A bfll; an original bill
BORES
L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I. § 2, prohibiting rectors, 4 e., parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In
BREVE
L. Lat. A writ. An original writ. <A writ or precept of the king issuing out of his courts.
BURGLARITER
L. Lat. (Burglariously.) In old criminal pleading. A necessary word in indictments for burglary.
CEPI
Lat. I have taken. This word was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin, and particularly in the return to a writ of capias.
CHACURUS
L. Lat. A horse for the chase, or a hound, dog, or courser.
CONJUNOTIM ET DIVISIM
L. Lat. In old English law. Jointly and severally.