Abide

To await; as, in saying that costs abide the event of the suit. Abide by. To conform to, obey. " To abide by an award " is to stand by the determination of the arbitrators, and take the consequences of the award; to await the award without revoking the submission; not, necessarily, to acquiesce in, or not to dispute the award.ii The language employed in arbitration bonds, " to abide by the award," is to prevent the revocation or breaking of the contract of submission, rather than to apply to the actual finding of the arbitrators.''' In a bond " to appear and abide the order of the court," means to perform, to execute, to conform to, such order. An obligation to appear and abide the final order anU judgment (in force through the entire ' Frantz v. Lenhart, 56 Pa. 367 (1867). See 50 Conn. 101, 93. 2r. abeiance, suspension, waiting: abayer, to expect. 3 2B1. Com. 107, 216, 318. ' i Kent, 260. li 2 Bl. Com. 107. « Wa Uach v. Van Eiswick, 92 XT. S. 212 (1875). ' Dartmouth College D.Woodward, 4 Wheat. 691 (1819). "Town of Pawletu. Clark, 9 Cranch, 333 (1815). » Bank v. Sherman, 101 U. S. 406 (1879). ' » 1 Kent, 103. See also 5 Mass. 555; 16 id. 464. "Shaw V. Hatch, 6 N. H. 163 (1833). proceedings), although it does not oblige the defendant to attend court personally and consecutively, yet it does require him to take notice, by himself or his representative, of each step in the proceeding, and to attend personally when by law necessary.' " To abide and satisfy " a judgment or order is to perform, execute, conform to, and to satisfy it; that is, to carry it into complete effect.'' Abiding conviction. Of guilt — a settled and fixed conviction, a conviction which may follow a careful examination of the whole evidence in the case.'