A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. In civil and old English law. To and become united with, as soil to land by alluvion be added to a person, as by survival; to arise; existence, as a right of action.

I. fr. To increase or accrue.

A growing to, adding to, or increasing, or increase of land by alluvion., v. Alluvion.

In old English law. To attempt to without authority; to delay, v. Acorocher.

To grow; to follow; to be added to as a from person to person; to grow, arise, accumulate as rent or interest; to arise; to begin to have action.

Additional; added to more or another cumulative, q. v. Accnmiiiati Te judgment: ment or sentence against a convict to take effect a judgment or sentence already passed. legacy in a

The formal act of charging with the crime. to compel rendicurrent: an account an open account creditor's demand, deaccount rendered asif objection is not Accountable reaccount for

l, Acceptance. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction. V. Receipt. An acceptance of a bill of exchange is the act by which the drawee undertakes to pay it, usually by writing

gfr.-Z. In feudal

I And also. Ac etiam billa;: and also to a bill; the initial words in a clause in the writ, formerly used in practice in the King's Bench, to introduce the real cause of acfion in

achate, I. fr. In bought Achate arere:

I. fr. To buy.

achatonr, achetonr, buyer; a contractor.

An ancient quarter.

Having a a certificate.

In old English quired by purchase.

fr. In the civil, descent; profits or gains

A silent or tacit encouragement of

acquietantia, a release or discharge the instrument by w]^ich or freedom from a duty de shires et hundredis: service in shires and Acquietandis plegiis. v.

I. I. In old keep in quiet; to preserve mands not due; to cent Acquietatus:

To gain in some a reasonable time, unless he has satisfactorily 1. 1. Accustomed. to farm. law. Persons without a feudal superior. law. An acre. v. Aero. law. A purchase. old Engli

adqnirere, I In the civil law. To acquire lawfully.

The act of acquiring, i e. of gaining by some lawful mode; the thing acquired. Acquisition as an act is of two kinds, original and derivative; the first being of a thing not anothe

adqnisitam, I I. In old English law. A purchase. Acquest, or newly-acquired feudal rights.

I. fr. To receive, to gather.

To free or clear from accusation; to discharge from obligation; to protect from molestation. V. Autrefois acquit. Acquitted: judicially discharged from an accusation; released from

A judicial deliverance from an accusation. Acquittal in fact: a verdict of not guilty. Acquittal in law: a discharge by operation of la^, as of an accessary by acquittal of the pri

A discharge from an obligation; the instrument by which such a discharge is effected, v. Acquietanda.

A sort of judicial combat anciently fought in open field on the Scottish border between Scotch and English champions.

acresser, acrestre, I fr. To increase; to multiply; to advance or rise; to accrue.

I. As if. The words frequently occur in old statutes.

A thing done; a thing done by an ordinary person; a thing done by or happening through the operation of a superior power, as by the law, or by God; a thing done in, or evidenced by

Z. An action. Actio civilis: a civil action. Actio communis: a common action. Actio crimlnalis: a criminal action. Actio ex contractn: an action of contract Actio ex delicto: an £

The formal legal demand of a right. Action droitural: an action upon the right, to determine the title, as opposed to a possessory action. Action on the case: a remedy given by the

I I. To bring an action; to sue or prosecute.

I. I. An abbreviation of actionem non, the words anciently used in beginning a special plea in bar. Actio non nlterius: the name of the distinctive clause in the plea to the furthe

The statute otherwise called Statutum de Mercatoribus, enacted 11 Edw. L

Lat. The party who institutes or prosecutes an action. In some actions, as in replevin, the term is extended also to the other party. Actor in rem suam: an agent in his own matter.

actornaj. In old Scots law. An attorney.

In Scots law. Ordinances of the court of session regulating its procedure.

I. In the Roman law. An ofl Scer who took down in shorthand proceedings before a public magistrate; an actuary. A keeper or writer of public records; an officer having charge of ac

acta, I. In the civil law. Done; a thing done; an act, or deed. v. Acta.,

2. An act; a deed; a proceeding. Actus (Curiae' nemlnem gravabit: an act of the court shall prejudice no man. Actus Dei: the act of God; — nemini est damnosus:,the act of God is hu

I. Jr. To provoka Adayement:

ad cnstnin: at the costs, at the cost,Ad decisionem litis: by the decision of the suit Ad defendendnm: to defend. Ad delin^nendum: to become delinquent Ad effectnm seqaentam: to th

I. In the civil law. To or deliver; to sell.

I. In the dvil law. An Addictio in diem: a sale with a hold, if within a certain time the

l. Addition. Words added of title or description for greater probat minoritatem: an addition feriority.

addonne, I. fr. Given to.

adresser, I. fr. To hold maynes dextres: should hold up crown to ascertain whether it will be others; — non tuit responsum: to recognoscendnm; to recognize. Ad reparationem et snst

A taking away; a extinction of a legacy by act of paynient or by disposal of the

I. As; so. Adeo plene et

I. fr. First; in the first

Equal j-sufiicient; eration of a contract, to remedies

I. fr. In arrear; behind.

I. fr. Under; beneath.

adavauut, I. fr. Before.

adgisantz, I. fr. Adjacent.

In Scots law. An action

I. In the civil law. To hibere diligentiain: to exercise forca j Vdliuc existit, I. It still exists. Adhuc sub judice lis est: the nation of a judge.

I. He still retains. the parties may yet draw back.

l, Aleier, fr. To purge one's self of crime by oath. v. Purgation.

I. fr. Without day.

arhaniire, arraniire, To undertake, declai-e, or promise make oath. Ads., adsm., ats. Abbreviations of

I. Strayed; lost.

A horizontal entry to a mine.

I An entering upon an solutioue cedit: entering upon

I. In old English law. A

Near to; in the neighborhood

adjectire, I. I. In old Adjectivus, adjactivus: summoned.

/. fr. Addition; addition

The law of remedies.

I. In the civil law. To add

Contiguous; in contact

adjournare, adjurnare, to give another day; to give or at a day. Adjornent assisas: revoking. Applied particularly to the the testator in his life-time, as by property otherwisa in

To postpone to another day; to assign a further day to a court or a party; to postpone indefinitely, as to adjourn without day. V. Adjornare.

In Scots law. An act of adjournal is an order of the court of justiciary, entered on its minutes; books of adjournal are the records of ci-imiual courts.

A continuance, by adjoui-nment of a regular term.

I. fr. and eng. A putting oflf to another day; an assignment of a furtlier day for meeting or proceeding.

I. In the civil law. An adjudication; an assignmen); by judgment; the adjudging of the ownership of a thing, v. Adjudicare..

Judgment; decree; sentence; the act of giving judgment or pronouncing sentence or a decree; a settlement by judgment, decree or sentence. In Scots law. A process for transferring t

Z. In old English law. To forjudge. Adjudicetur mcdius de feodo et seryitio suo: the mesne shall be forjudged of his fee and service. In the civil law. To adjudge; to determine; to

I. In the civil law. Adjunction; a method of gaining property by means of its being connected with other property, as by interweaving, soldering, writing, painting, planting, etc.

I. An adjunct; an incident

I. I. In old European law. Adjournment in the original sense; a summoning to court at a certain day; the assignment of a certain day to appear in court.

The settlement of a loss under a policy of insurance; the ascertainment, i. e., of the amount to be paid, and its apportionment among the insurers.

ailiues, I. In the civil laio. riage.

I. I. In old European law. To cite or summon to court; to sue; to attach.

A measuring out; an assignment or adjustment by measure or according to certain proportions; the name of a common-law writ for making such an assignment Admeasurement of dower: a w

ameusnratio, I. I. Admeasurement Admensnratio nihil aliud est qnam reductia admensaram: admeasurement is nothing more than reducing to measure.

amensnrare, 1. 1. To admeasure.

Aid or support Adminicular: auxiliary. In Scots law. A collateral writing referring to and proving.

Z. In civil and old English law. Aid or support; that which belongs to a thing as accessory; that which is necessary to its complete use or enjoyment; whatever appertains to judici

L, Administer. To manage; to take charge and dispose according to law of the effects of an intestate, or of a testator having no executor.

I. In the civil law. To manage or conduct; to take or have charge of; to administer; to govern; to have or conduct the government; to execute an ofl Bca

I. In old English law. Management conduct, disposal or charge of property or of affairs, as management by an administrator, an attorney, a guardian; power of disposal. In fhe civil

The management and disposal of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no executor; also, in the larger sense, management, etc., by an executor: the right of management

Lord High. The highest officer in the English navy and theoretical head of the English courts of admiralty whose judicial duties are now performed by the judge of admiralty.

A court having jurisdiction of all maritime causes, civil and criminal. The civil jurisdiction is twofold, embracing controversies arising out of maritime contracts, and the adjudi

A taking or letting in; permission to exercise certain rights, to flu an office, etc.; as the admission of an attorney to right to practice, an admission to membersliip of a corpor