A Dictionary of Law

Lat. In the civil law. To lose. Hence the old Seotch “amitt.”

To lose the court; to be deprived of the privilege of attending the court.

To lose the protection afforded by the law of the land.

To lose one’s frank-law. A term having the same Meaning as amittere leyem terre, (q. V) He who lost his law lost the protection extended by the law to a freeman, and became subject

<A sovereign act of pardon and oblivion for past acts, granted by a government to all persons (or to certain persons) ——SEESE who have been guilty of crime or delict, genevally pol

Intermingled with. “A thing which is among others is intermingled wilh them. Commerce among the states cannot stop at the external boundary line of each state, but may be introduce

An alienation of lands or tenements in mortmain. The reduction of the property of lands or tenements to mortmain. In its modern sense, amortization is the operation of paying off b

To alien lands in mort main.

In the civil law. <A moving or taking away. “The slightest amotio is sufficient to constitute theft, if the animus Surandi be clearly established.” 1 Swint. 205.

A putting or turning out}. dispossession of lands. Ouster isan amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Comm, 199, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels. Arc

In insurance, The amount that is insured, and for which underwriters are liable for loss under a policy of insurance.

In insurance, The diminution, destruction, or defeat of the value of, or of the charge upon, the insured against, according to its value in the policy, ‘or in contribution for loss

Lat. That you Temove 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 “pet

In Spanish-American law. A document issued toa claimant of land asa protection to him, until a survey ean be or- ‘dered, and the title of possession issued by gn authorized commiss

In the civil law. A deferring of judgment until a cause be further examined. Calvin.; Cowell. An order for the rehearing of a cxuse on a day appointed, for the sake of more ample i

In the oman law. More; further; more time. A word which the pretor pronounced in cases where there was any obscurity in a cause, and the judices were uncertain whether to condemn o

An ancient punishment for a blow given in _ @ superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court.

In logic. Identity or similarity of proportion. Where there is no precedent in point, in cases on the same subject, lawyers have recourse to cases on a different subject-matter, bu

An ecclesixstical punishmont by whicha person is separated from the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the members of the same. ANATHEMATI2ZE. ‘To pronounce ana

In the civil law. Repeated or doubled interest; compound interest; usury. Cod. 4, 32, 1, 30.

One who has preceded another in a direct line of descent; a lineal ascendant. A former possessor; the person last seised. Termes dela Ley; 2 BI. Comm, 201. A deceased person from w

Relating to ancestors, or to what hag been done by them; as homage ancestrel. Derived from ancestors. Ancestral estates are such is are transmitted by descent, and not by purchase.

In English law. A prestation or toll for every anchor cast from ashipina port; and sometimes, though there

A measure containing ten galions.

A watch, consisting of a small number of men, (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables, a

Old; that which has existed from an indefinitely early period, or which by ace alone liasacquired certain rights or privileges accorded in view of long continuance.

Manors which in the time of William the Conqueror were in the hands of the erown, and are so recorded in the Domesday Book. Fitzh. Nat. Brey. 14, 56, Tenure in ancient demesne may

One which has ’ stood long enough to acquire an easement of support against the adjoining land or building. 5 Kent, Comm. 437; 2 Washb. Real Prep. 74, 76. In England this term is a

Lights or windows in a house, which have been used in their present state, without molestation or interruption, for twenty years, and upwards, To these the owner of the house has a

Readings or lectures upon the ancient english statutes, formerly regarded as of great authority in law. Litt. § 481; Co. Litt. 280.

The rent reserved at the time the lease was made, if the building was not then under lease. 2 Vern. 542,

In English law. Gentlemen of the inns of court and chancery. In Gray's Inn the society consists of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar; and here the ancients

A wall built to be used, and in fact used, as a party-wall, for more than twenty years, hy the express permission and continuous acquiescence of the owners of the land on which it

Wills, deeds, or other documents upwards of thirty years old. These are presumed tv be genuine without express proof, when coming from the proper custody.

Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VII1. Cowell.

Aiding; auxiliary; at tendant upon; subordinate; a proceeding attendant upon or which aids another proceeding considered as principal.

When a decedent leaves property tn a foreign state, (a state other than that of his domicile, ) administration may be granted in such foreign state for the purpose of collecting th

Lat. In international law. Ofdoubtful use; the use of which is doubtful; that may be used for a civil or peaceful, as weil as military or warlike, purpose, Gro. de Jure B. lib. 8,

William C. A dictionary of law, consisting of judicial definitions and explanations of words, phrases, and maxims, and an exposition of the principles of law; comprising a dictiona

In old English law. A dairy-woman. Fleta, lib, 2, c 87.

An hermaphrodite.

The taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, in order to compel the latter to do justice to the former. Wolffius, § 1164; Moll. de Jure Mar. 26. first-born; sen

A term used in the Roman law to denote a forced or compulsory service exacted by the government for public purposes; as a forced rendition of labor or goods for the public service.

An ancient English coin, of the value of ten shillings sterling. Jacob.

In Saxon law. The single value of a man or other thing; asingle weregild; the compensation of a thing according to its single value or estimation. Spelman, The double gild or compe

Inold Engtisi law. Englishery; the fact of being an Englishman, Anglis jura in omni casu libertatis dant favorem. The laws of England in every ease of liberty are favorable, (favor

In English. A term formerly used in pleading when a thing is destribed both in Latin and English, inserted immediately after the Latin and as an introduction of the English transla

In Saxon law. The rate fixed by law at which certain injuries to person or property were to be paid for; in injuries to the person, it seems to be equivalent to the “were,” 7. ¢, t

In old English law. A single tribute or tax, paid according to the custom of the country as scot and lot.

Animals in which a right of property may be acquired by reclaiming them from wildness, but which, at common Jaw, by reason of their base nature, are not regarded as possible subjec

Lat. With intention, disposition, design, will. Quo enimo, with what intention. <Animo cancellandi, with intention to cancel. 1 Pow. Dey. 608. Purandi, with intention to steal. 4 B

With felonious intent. Hob. 134.

Lat. Mind; intention; disposition; design; will. Antmo, (g. v.;) with the intention or design. ‘These terms are derived from the civil law. Animus ad se omne jus ducit. It is ta

The infention of destroying or canceling, (applied to wills.)

The intention to takeor capture. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 126, 155.

The intention of donating or dedicating.

The intention of defaming. The phrase expresses the malicious intent which is essential in every case of verbal injury to render it the subject of an action for libel or slander.

The intention of abandoning. 4 ©. Rob. Adm. 216.

The intention of obtaining delay.

The intention of giving. Expressive of the intent to give which is necessary to constitute a gift.

Intention and act; will and deed. Used to denote those acts which become effective only when accompanied by a particular intention.

The intention to staal, Animus hominis est anima scripti. The intention of the party is the soul of the instrument. $ Bulst.67; Pitm. Prin. & Sur. 26. In order to give life or effe

The intention to make a gain or profit.

The intention of remaining; intention to establish a permanent residence. 1 Kent, Comm. 76. This is the point to be settled in determining the domicile or residence of a party. Id.

The intention to remain, or to delay.

The intention of possessing.

The intention of receiving.

The intention of recovering. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 4, § 10.

The inten. tion of restoring. Fleta, lib. 8, c. 2, §3.

The intention of returning. A man retains his domicile if he leaves it antmo vevertendt. 3 Rawle, 312; 4 Bl. Comm. 225; 2 Russ. Crimes, 18; Poph. 42, 52; 4 Coke, 40. Also, a term e

The inten tlon to revoke.

An intention to make a testament or will. D

In Scotch law. Half a year's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister’s relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Whishaw.

In East Indian coinage, a piece of money, the sixteenth part of a rupee.

Lat. Annuals; a title formerly given to the Year Books. In old records. Yearlings; cattle of the first year. Cowell.

In Scotch law. To alienate; to convey.

Inecclesiasticallaw. First fruits paid out of spiritual benefices to the pope, so called because the value of one year’s profit was taken as their rate.

To add to; to unite; to attach one thing permanently to another. ‘The word expresses the idea of joining a smaller or subordinate thing with another, larger, or of higher importanc

The act of attaching, adding, joining, or uniting one thing to another; generally spoken of the connection of a smaller or subordinate thing with a larger or principal thing. The a

A child a year old. Calvin. Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimoquinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur

Mado null, abrogated, frustrated, or brought to nothing, Litt. ¢. 8, § 741.

Lat. Years and terms. An old title of the Year Books.

An annual day, in ald ecclesiastica) law, set apart in memory of adeceased person. Also ealled “year day” or “mind day.” Spelman.

In ithe year of the Lord. Commonly abbreviated A. D. ‘The computation of time, according to the Christian era, dales from the birth of Christ.

Grain; food. An old English and civil law term to denote a yearly contribution by one person to the support of another.

In the civil law. The 8ign-manual of the emperor; a reseript of the emperor, signed with his own hand. It ig distinguished both from a rescript and praginatic sanction, in Cod. 4,

A remark, note, or commentary on some passage of a book, intended to illustrate ifs meaning. Webster. In the civil jaw. An imperial reseript signed by the emperor, The answers of t

An annual trial of the gold and silver coins of the United States, to ascertain whether the standard fineness and weight of the coinage is maintained. See Rev. St. U. 8. § 3547.

Annual income ig annual receipts from property. Income means that which comes in or is received from any business, or investment of capital, without reference to the outgoing expen

The meaning of this term, as applied to interest, is not an undortaking te pay interest at the end of one year only, but to pay interest at the end of each anil every year during a

In Scotch law. A yearly profit or rent.

An ancient writ to provide the king’s chaplain, if he had no preferment,with a pension. Reg. Orig. 165, 307.

The recipient of an annuity; one who is entitled to an annuity.

In Scotch law; annuities of tithes; 10s. out of the boll of tiend wheat, 8s. cut of the boll of bear, less out of the boll of rye, oats, and peas, al- Jowed to the crown yearly of

A yearly sum stipulated to be paid to another in fee, or for life, or years, ani chargeable only on the person of the grantor. Co. Litt. 1446. An annuity is different from arent-ch

An impost levied annually in Scotland for the maintenance of the ministers of religion.

To cancel; make void; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either ab initie or prospectively as to future transactions.

Lat. In old English law. A ring; the ring ofadoor. Per huspam vel annulum hostii extertoris; by the hasp or ring of the outer door. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, § 5.

(Lat. ring and staff.) The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et baculum, by the prince’s delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, orerozier, 1 BI. Comm. 3878; Spe

Lat. In civil and old English Jaw. <A year; the period of three hundred and sixty-livedays. Dig. 40, 7, 4,5; Calvin.; Bract. fol. 3590.