Adesse
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil law. To be present; the opposite of abesse. Calv. Lex. To advocate, to undertake the management of a cause. Calv. Lex.; Brissonius.