A Law Dictionary and Glossary

anieutir, destroy or take away Anientisement, L fr.

A living being tion; but commonly law divided into two wild nature; and

L With a mind tention of canceling. body; in intention teiit Animo furandi: liicrandi: with the the intention of staying. Animo Animo revertendi: caudi: with the intention of makin

I. Mind; will; the intention of taking. Animus mus donandi: the tention of steahng. tion of the party is the intention of maining. Animus mus recnperandi: candi: the intention inte

annat. In Scots for the incumbency, service exacted by the sovereign in virtue; to burden with exactions. In the Saxon law. The single value of a man or according to such value. ol

I. Annuals; a title formerly applied to the year books; anciently, yearling cattle.

annatae, I. I. In English ecclesiastical law. The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the English clergy to the pope, later to the crown; first fruits

The joining or uniting of a chattel to the freehold. This is actual, or such as in fact exists; or constructive, or such union as arises from the chattel having been held as part o

I. In the civil law. Of one year's age; a child a year old.

1. Years and terms.

In old Scots law. A yearly rent, revenue or duty, paid at certain times.

annyte, anute, I. fr., Annuity. A sum payable yearly by the grantor thereof, in fee, for life or for years, and charging his person only; an action, now disused, to recover the sam

I. In old English law. Corn or grain; anything laid up toward a year's subsistence. In the civil law. Corn or grain; provisions; provision for a year's subsistence. Annona;: contri

adnotare, I In the civil law. To mark upon; to designate; to designate a place of deportation; to give notice to appear and defend.

adnotatio, I. In the civil law. The sign-manual of the emperor; a rescript of the emperor, signed with his own hand. Annua nee debitum judex non separat ipsum, I. A judge [or court

In Scots law. Interest of money; the profit of money invested in purchase of a yearly rent of land, to evade the law vphich before the reformation forbade lending at interest.

I. In old English law. A ring; the ring of a door. In feudal and ecclesiastical law. Annulus et baculus: ring and staff; symbols used in feudal and ecclesiastical investitures. ""

I. In old English law. A year; a period of three hundred and sixty-five days. Annus et dies: a year and a day. Annus, dies et In Scots law. Annus deliberandi: a year of deliberatin

I In old English law. An annuity; a yearly rent or payment '

ab. anon. Without name; applied to reported cases in which the names of the parties do not appear.

anyer, ennoyer, I. fr. To trouble or annoy.

i. /r. Likewise; in like manner.

ausinc, aussin, ausoys, ausieu, I. fr. Also

Any defensive pleading other than a demurrer; the usual mode of defense in equity, corresponding to a plea in an action.

I. fr. As much; so much; like as.

gr.-l. In the Roman law. A transcript or counterpart of the instrument called apocha, signed by the debtor and delivered to the creditor.

I. Before; usually employed in old pleadings to express time before. Ante exhibitionem billae: before the exhibition of the bill; that is, before the beginning of suit Ante litem:

I Going before; antecedent v. Ad proximum, etc.; Ex antecedentibus, etc. '

I. In old English law. One who goes or has gone before another in the possession of an estate; an ancestor; a predecessor in an office. In the Roman law. A teacher, professor or ma

I. In the Roman law. A thing done before; a previous "fact or act Anteg^estam, I. In the Roman law. A thing done before; a previous act

I. In the Saxon law. A preliminary oath required of the parties, before any trial or purgation, — of the accuser to prosecute; of the accused, to his innocence.

7. I. Born before; that is, before a particular time or event

I. I. Born before; that is, before another person; born be-

The act or mode of authenticating, first of the wife of the sister or daughter of an the empress or queen ia to the laws. A hall, or court; the house; the usual apin the modern sen

1. In the civil law. An original instrument or writing; the original of a will or other instrument

gr.-l In the civil lam. A species of mortgage in whicii the creditor is given the right to the use and profits in lieu of interest.

I. In the civil law. A taking or assuming beforehand; the taking of a thing for true, without proof; anticipation.

gr.-l. In the Roman law. An officer whose duty it was to have oversight over the money collected by the tax-gatherers; a controller.

gr.-l. In the Roman lavx, An opposition, contradistinction or inconsistency of laws. Antiuoiniso: conflicting laws or provisions of law; conflicting or inconsistent cases, opinions

I. I, In old English law. Ancient demesne. Opposed to novum perquisitunp or new purchase.

I. I. In old English law. Ancient customs; customs on wool, leather, eta, granted to Edward I. in the third year of his reign. ^

I. In the Roman law. To restore a former law; to reject or vote against a new law.

I The acts of parliament from Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II.

I. In the civil law. Ancient or former law.

I. I. In old English law. A monastery.

I. I. In old law. One who endeavors to discharge himself from an accusation by charging his accuser with the same offense.

amtrustio, I. I. In feudal law. A confidential vassal; a follower or dependent of an ancient German chief, or of a king or count of the Franks.

I. fr. The year books.

LI. A showing of armor; military training.

anute, I. fr. Annuity, v. Annuette. Any. One, indefinitely or indifferently. It sometimes has the sense of "some," but more commonly that of "all" or "every." -

Lat. In feudal and old English law. Aid; help to defend a suit; help to commit a crime; a subsidy or tallage paid to the king; a kind of tribute paid by vassal to lord, as one of t

appanage, apenage. In old French law. A provision of lands or feudal superiorities made by the king for the support of his younger sons.

aparaile, appareillie, I fr. Ready. Apares,' I. I. Peers; equals.

aperlny, I. fr. By itself; separately.

A room in a house; a part of a house.

I In the civil law. To open, as a will or codicil. In feudal law. To escheat or revert to the lord.

apertum, I In old English law. Open or patent. Aperta brevia: open writs; unsealed writs. Apertum factnm: an overt act

I. I. An extreme point of law; a subtlety of law. Apices juris: extreme points of law; subtleties of law; — non sunt jura:

I. fr. Appurtenances. Used by Britton as another name for incorporeal thinga v. Appurtenance.

gr.-l. In the civil lavx Acknowledgment of a payment of money.

L In ecclesiastical law. One who answers for another; originally an officer who brought ecclesiastical matters before the emperor and conveyed his answer's to the petitioners; a po

I I In old English law. Bills of lading.

gr.-l. In the civil law. A description or enumeration; an inventory.

I. fr. To appoint or direct

gr.-l To be in difl Sculties; to be poor; to reduce to poverty

The renunciation of Christianity.

I. U In the Saxon law. To violate; to transgress.

I. Jr. To write notes on.

appostille, L fr. An addition, a note or an observation.

The papers forming the record on appeal in the admii-alty and transmitted from the lower court to the higher; letters dismissory given to the appellant stating that the record will

gr.-l, Apostles. In the civil law. Letters given upon appeal by him from whom appeal is taken to him who is to judge of the appeal, called letters dismissory.

gr.-l A repository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, eta

I Stewards. The word is used in old records.

I I In old French law. A provision for younger sons. V. Apanage.

I fr., Apparentia, apparitio, I I Appearance; an appearanca Apparitio in jndicio: an appearance in court

II A furnisher or provider. Apparator comitatns: the sheriflE formerly in some counties of England, as having charge of certain county expenditures.

L, Apparent Manifest; proved; appearing; that which is regularly before a court Apparent heir: in English law one whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, if he outlives the anc

I In old English law. To appear; to be regularly befof e a court whether as a fact, an instrument or other thing, or as a defendant in an action, v. Quod non apparet, etc. •

apares, 1. In the canon lau). Peers or compeers; equals; associates. \ In ecclesiastical law. A summoner; one who cites offenders to appear and serves the process of the court.

apparoer, apparoier, I fr. To appear; tO' make known.

I. fr: In old English law. Resemblance; hkehhood.

I. I. In old English law. Tackle or apparel; furniture.

I fr. In old English law. Places which agreed to pay a sum of money to the enemy that the town might not be ravaged.

appay, apay, 1. fr. Satisfied; contented. AppeaL A complaint and removal of a cause to a higher court for error or informality, for the purpose of re-examination or review. In the

To be properly before a court, as a matter of which the court can take notice; to be regularly in court, as a party defendant; to be in evidence; to be proved.

The coming into court of either of the parties to an action; the proceeding in an action by which the defendant comes or is brought before the court to answer to the action, — nece

In Scots law. An apparent heir.

apeaus, /. fr. Appeals.

L I. One who appeals or prosecutes an appeal; an appellant; an accuser or challenger.

Lat. To appeal or accuse. Appellare de facto: to appeal one of fact (that is, as principal). Appellare de fortia: to appeal of force (that is, as an accessory). In the civil law. T

Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals. Applied to courts and to the jurisdiction of courts. Appellate jurisdiction: jurisdiction by way of appeal; the power of one tr

I. That by which a thing is called; a name or term; an appellation. Appellatione fundi, omnc aediflcium et omnis ager continetnr: under the appellation "fundus" are included every

I In old practice, an appealer, or accuser. In the civil law. A party appealing; an appealer or appellant

I. In old practice, one who is appealed, or against whom an appeal is made; the party accused by an appeal, an appellea In the civil law. The judge to whom an appeal was taken.

I. fr. In old practice, the party accused by the process of appeal. V. Appeal.

The party against whom an appeal is made; the party answering to an appeal, v. Respondent.

appeler, I. fr. In old practice, to call; to call or summon before a judge; to appeal or accuse.

I. In the civil law. I appeal; the form of making an appeal in the presence of the judge.

In old English law. A criminal who accuses his accomplices, v. Approver.

I. fr. In old practice, the party who brought an appeal