above

any employe who is a member of the Union and is not more than sixty (60) days in arrears in the payment of membership dues.

Higher; superior; as, court above; bail above.

Higher; superior. As, court above, bail above, plaintiff or defendant above. Above all incumbrances means in excess thereof; Williams v. Mc Donald, 42 N. J. Eq. 395, 7 Atl. SCI!. ABPATRUUS (Lat.). A great-great-uncle; or, a great-great-grandfather's brother. Du Cange, Pat runs. It sometimes means uncle, and sometimes great-uncle. the substance of it. Brooke, Abr., Com., Dig Abridgment; 1 Viner, Abr. 109. To abridge a plaint is to strike out a part of the demand and pray that the tenant answer to the rest. This was allowable ally in real actions where the writ v. Ubero tenemento, as assize, d< demandant claimed land of which the tenant was not seized. See i:. 207, n. 2; 2 id. 24, 330; Br< Abridgment',.Minor v. Bank, 1 Pet (U. 7 L. Ed. 47; Stearns, Real Act. abridgment. Condensation; contraction. An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. Abridgments of the law or dipests of adjudged cases serve the very useful purpose of an index to the cases abridged; 5 Co. 25. Coke says they are most profitable to those who make them; Co. Litt, in preface to the table at the end of the work. With few exceptions, the old abridgments are not entitled to be considered authoritative. See Authority. See 2 Wils. 1, 2; 1 Burr. 304; 1 W. Bla. 101; 3 Term 64, 2 11: and an article in the North American Review, July, L826, p. 8, for an account of the principal abridgments, whir]) was written by the late Justice Story, and is reprinted in his "Miscellaneous Writings," p. 79; Warren, Law Stud. TVs. See Copyright.

Superior or higher, as the court above, or the plaintiff or defendant above, meaning the plaintiff or the defendant in the court above; principal, as distinguished from auxiliary, as bail above; more than, or in excess of, as above all incumbrances.

OR SPECTIAT, BAIL.

In practice. Persons who undertake jointly and severally in behalf of a defendant arrested on inesne process in a civil action that, if he be condemned in the action, he shall pay the costs and condemnation, (that is, the amount which may be recovered against liim,) or render himself a prisoner, or that they will pay it for him. 3 Bl. Comm. 291; 1 Tidd, Pr. 245, 5

Upper, higher; superior. "Above all iucmnbrances " means in excess of such incumbrances.* Court above. The court to which a cause is removed. Defendant above. The party who is defendant before an appellate court. Plaintiff above. The plaintiff in an appellate court. Opposed — court, plaintiff, and defendant below. See Bail Above. Compare Supra.