A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. fr. To attaint, to convict; attainder, conviction. To attain, to obtain; to meet; to abide by. Atteint, atteynt, atteyntc, atteintz: attaint, attainted; convicted, found guilty;

An act of endeavor to do a particular thing, with intent, by means of that act in whole or in part, to do it; more particularly an act of endeavor to commit some offense, carried b

In old English law. Owing a duty or service to another; waiting or depending upon another..Attendant terms: leases or mortgages for a long period, as a thousand or two thousand yea

attemptare, I. I. In old English law. To attempt Attemptarent: should attempt Attentat: he attempts, v. Attentat.

I. In canon and civil law. A thing wrongfully innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge, or judge a quo, pending an appeal.

Z. I. In old English law. To adjourn; to put off to an-other term. Atterminata,— posita ad talem terminnm: adjourned,— put to such a term. Atterminent qnerentes: the plaintiffs may

1.1. In old English law. Determination.

I. fr. Respite; adjournment; attermination.

I. fr. To adjourn; to respite; to delay. To grant further time for the payment of a debt.

In old English law. A putting off; the granting of a time or term, as for the payment of a debt

To witness or testify; to bear witness to; to witness by observation and signature.

The act of witnessing the execution of a written instrument and subscribing one's name in testimony of the act. Attestation clause: the clause to which the signature of the witness

In Scots law. A person who attests the sufficiency of a cautioner, and agrees to become subsidiarie liable for the debt.

?. /)•. Attaint; an attaint

I. I. In old English law. An attachment

attile, I. I. In old English law. Tackle; rigging; furniture; equipment

I. I. In old English law. Harnessed; tackled. Attilatus equns: a horse with his gears or harness on, for the work of the cart or plough.

I. fr. Stores..Vttiliuin, p2. attilia, atilia, I I. In old English law. The rigging or tackle of a ship. v. Aiilium; Actilia.

I. I. In old English law. An attaint Attinctus: attainted.

I. To touch or reach to: to amount to. Atting:entia: amounting to. Attingunt se, or atting. se: they amount to. v. In toto se attingunt. In the civil law. To touch; to reach to; to

atturn. To consent to the transfer of a rent or reversion. A tenant is said to attorn when he agrees to become the tenant of the person to whom the reversion has been granted, v. A

attnrn, attornare, atturnare, I. l, Attorner, I. fr. In old English law. To put in one's place; to appoint a substitute or attorney.

attnrn, attornare, atturnare, 1. 1. In feudal law. To attorn; to transfer or turn over. To consent to a transfer; to transfer one's self or one's services. Attornare rem: to attorn

atturnamentum, 1. 1. In old English law. Attornment V. Attornment.

1. 1. In old English law. An attornment

atturnatus, ab., Attorn., Z. I. In old English law. One Attornati et appreuticii: attorneys and apprentices, v. Actornatus; Attorney; Attorney at law; Atiurnatus.

I. fr. In old English law. An attorney.

atturney, attournej', Attornatus, atturnatus, I I., Attorne, atturne, attonrne, I. fr. One who has authority to act for another. Attorney at large: an attorney who practices in all

The act of a tenant in consenting to a transfer of the reversion and in aiiflmowledging the new landlord. The act of a donee in tail, or a tenant for life or for years, in consenti

attrer, I. fr. To draw to.

I. I. In old English law. An attorney, v. Attorney.

aubaigne, fr. v. Droit d'aubaine.

A public sale at which the persons who desire to buy successively bid an increasing price, and at which the highest bidder is declared the buyer.

A person who conducts an auction or public sale.

auctour, I fr. A plaintiff.

L In the civil law. One from whom some right passes; an author or source of right or title; as, a grantor, assignor, etc One by whose authority a thing is done; a principal.

I. I. In old English law. To authorize. Auctorlzati: authorized.

I. In old English law. A catching at; a taking advantage of trivial mistakes, or oversights. Aucupia verbornin sunt judiee indigna: catchings at words are unworthy of a judge.

I. Hear the other side. ^

In English ecclesiastical law. A court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, of equal authority with the arches court, though inferior in both dignity and antiquity.

I. To hear and determine, v. Oyer et terminer.

I. I. The complaint having been heard. A writ which lies for a defendant against whom judgment is recovered, and who is thus in danger of execution, or perhaps in execution, to pre

l, Auditor. An officer or person whose business is to examine and verify the accounts of persons intrusted with money; a person appointed by the court to take and state an account.

I. I. In old English law. Auditors of account.

I. I. In old English law. Hearing; oyer, which was anciently an actual hearing, v. Et petunt, etc.; In auditu, etc.; Oyer.

I. I. In the Saxon to exculpate one's self Wager of law.

In old English laiv. The increase of the crown revenues arising from the suppression of religious houses, 27 Henry VIII.

haula, halla, I. I. In old English law. court of a baron, or manor; chief mansion pendage of a manor; the hall of a house, Aula regia, or regis: the king's hall, or palace by Willi

v. Alnage.

v. Alnager.

almoign, almoin, I. fr. Alms.

In Scots law. To alien; to convey.

I fr. Ancestor; an ancestor.

auiiciennes, I. fr. Ancient Aunciennes demesnes.

I. In the civil law. Marriageable years; the marriageable age of woman, the age of twelve.

The gradual, imperceptible deposit a stream or the sea so as in time to form ciple of accession becomes the property of the littoral owner, v. Alluvio.

alli^uer, alloyner, alyener, I. fr. to put off or delay; to eloign.

noysance, anisancz, aynisans, I. fr. Annoyance; nuisance.

I. I. In old English law. the ears.

auxi, avissi, I. fr. Also.

autre, I. fr. Another; other. Auter action pending; a species of plea in abatement other fight; another's right Auter Tie: others, v. Autrefois; En auter droit; Pur

To give legal authority to an act, ten instrument so as to render it admissible

I. In the civil law. Original.

A provision of law, organic or statutory; a decision of court, or an opinion of a law-writer relied on as establishing or declaring the rule to be applied in a particular case; del

Genuine; emanating from the proper all due formalities, and legally attested, v. In the civil law. Authentic act: an act received with the requisite solemnities; an act or public n

autry, autri, altre, anter, I. fr. Other; another, v. Auter.

autrefoits, auterfoitz, autrefez, I. fr. At another time; formerly; before. Autrefois acquit: formerly acquitted; a plea of former acquittal on an indictment for the same offense.

I. fr. As well as; likewise. Autresi come: as if.

I. In the civil law. A gi-adual, upon the shore of a stream, which upon becomes the property of the riparian like deposit upon the shore of the sea.

anxybien, I. fr. As well.

I. fr. Chance; hazard; avanture.

In Scots law. Value of marriage, v. Valor mari-

Profits; proceeds; the proceeds

/?'. In French law. The guaranty called because usually placed at the

avaller, I. fr. To descend or go Avalaiiiit: descending. Avale:

I. I., Avarie, I. fr. Average, or

I. fr. Before; forthcoming. V. Avant.

avener, l.fr. To come, or

I fr. To come, or become; to to; to come at; to get possession of.

In old English law. A certain landlord in lieu of rent or services.

I. I. A tribute- of oats paid tain parts of France.

aveignauut, I. fr. Value; price

I. fr. Casual; contingent.

aventera, I. fr. A mischance of a man is occasioned without felony.

To state positively; to plead; to prove true; to offer to verify.

avere, averre, aveir, avoer, Avails: having. Aver et tener: to shall have. Averoit: would have. had. Avomus: we have.

fr. and old eng. A working beast;

arpennus, arpendus, arpentum. An arpent; an old English measure of land. Various other forms of the word occur in old laws and writers as arpennum, arpendium, arapennis, arepennis,

I. fr. To aver, to prove, to make out to be true. Averium,^^. areria, 1.1. In old English law. A working beast an heriot; cattla A chattel; chattels. ATei'ia carucas: beasts of the

In old English law. Land ploughed and manured by tenants with their cattle, for the use of a monastery, or the lord of the soil.

A positive statement of facts, in pleading, opposed to argument or inference. In old pleading, an offer to prove a pleading, and also the proving. Proof, in general. "~~

averrare, I. I. In old English law. To carry goods on horses or other beasts, or in a wagon; a duty formerly required of some customary tenants. To drive cattle to fair or market

I. In old maritime law. An averting or turning away of peril. A name given to the contract of insurance, because one of the parties undertakes to avert the peril of the other on th

I. In old law. Goods, property, substance, royal treasure. A beast of burden.

In Scots law. ■ To abet or assist. Avetting': abetting, helping or assisting.

L I. In old English law. Advice; counsel.

1. 1. In old English law. To advise, v. Advisare.

l.fr. Advisement; consideration.

I. fr. In old English law. To advise; to consider; to deliberate; to consult Arises vous bien sur v're r'ns: advise (consider) you well upon your answer, v. La court, etc.; Nous vo

1. 1. In Scots law. Advisement; deliberation.