Ayant Cause
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like; an assignee. An aycmt cause differs from an heir who acquires the right by inheritance.
8 Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 245.
AY RE In old Scotch law. Eyre; a circuit, eyre, or iter. Bell, Diet. voc. "Justice Ayres."