A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. I. In old practice, an appeal.

I fr. and eng. Annexed or belonging; in the law of estates, annexed or appended, as a right of common to a freehold, or one inheritance to one that is superior or more worthy. A th

I, fr. To hang to; to be annexed to; to belong to. Append: hanging; pending. Appenses: hung, affixed.

I I. In old conveyancing, appendages; appurtenances.

tfr. To thiak; to consider.

Z. 2. In old law. Payment of money by weight

apent, appente, appient, L Jr. Belongs; it belongs. Appent al Tisconte receyyer plegges: it belongs to the sheriff to take pledges.

In old Scots law. Appearing; apparent.

Belonging to; appurtenant; usually occupied with, or lying to; as land with, or to, a messuage, v. Appurtenant

An old form of appurtenances, q. v.

I In old English law. To fasten to; to moor. Applicare et exonerare: to moor and unload.

I Application. Applicatio est Tita regnlae: application is the life of a rule. In old English law. A fastening to; a mooring. Applicatio naviam: a mooring of vessels.

A putting to; a placing near or before; the making of a request; request in writing; a putting to; a bringing together, in order to ascertain some relation or establish some connec

aplumbatnra, I In old English law. A soldering to, or together, v. Adplumbare.

I.L In old records, to lean upon.

To direct, designate or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of an estate already conveyed, by virtue of a power contained in such conveyanca A term particularly applied to c

The person to whom or in whose favor an appointment ia made.

The designation of a person to hold an oi Sce or discharge a trust; the act of- appointing; the exercise of the power of designating under a deed called a power of appointment the

The person who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Apponere, Lat. In old practice, to put, or set to; to put in or set up; to put, simply; to lay out, or expend; to appoi

II In old English lam. Apportionment; an apportionment.Apportionare, apporconare, 1,1. In old English law. To apportion. Apportionatse: apportioned, assessed.

A dividing or making into parts; a distribution according to a certain proportion; the distribution of a claim or charge among persons having different interests or shares, in prop

I. I In old English lata. Anything brought or carried to another, as a profit or emolument, particularly for the support of a religious person; anything carried out of the country.

In English law. The charging of sheriffs with money received upon their account in the exchequer.

In old English law. To interrogate or question.

I. fir. To question; to adjust or settla

An officer in the English exchequer, whose business it was to examine the sheriff's estreats with the record, and to ask [appose] the sheriff what he could say to each sum therein,

In French law. An addition or annotation made in the margin of a writing, v. Apostille,

To put or set a price or value upon.

appraisal, apprizal, apprizement. The putting of a value or price upon; the act or process of fixing and stating the true value of a thing, or of property, by persons appointed for

A person appointed by authority to ascertain and state the value of property submitted to his inspection.

appretiare, I. L In old English law. To appraise, or estimate.

apprecio, I L In old English law. Appraisement; an appraisement

To take or take hold of; to take a person on criminal process.

I In the eivU law. To take hold of; to take or seize a person.

I. In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or thing; apprehension; the seizure or capture of a person. mode of title to not be-

The taking of a person on In the civil law. A physical or corporal acquire possession of a thing, by which a relation to the thing that he may subject trol, or by which he obtains

apprenticing, I., Apprentise, learns; a learner. A person, usually an to serve another for a term of years, receiving ices, support and instruction in his tion.

The state or condition of of one person to another, as an apprentice person is bound to serve as an apprentice apprentice is bound to serve.

apprentitius, I. I.,.i^pprentise, Apprentice; an apprentice at law. apprentice at the bars; a barrister. prentise en la ley: an apprentice or below the degree of sergeant; a barris

I. fr. Apprenticeship or prentice, or the term for which he is bound.

I. fr. To prepare. Apprest:

apprise, Z. /»•. In old English law. priges en la ley: learned in the law. v.

In old Soots law. A process for and conveying it to the creditor, in payment

right of. A right to visit a vessel ascertaining its national character.

I. I In old English law. To

In Scots law. take advantage of one part, and reject the

I. I. In old English law. An bator.

aprocher, I. fr. To come to; to

I. fr. Properly; appropriation.

I. I. In old English law. To use; to appropriate; to approve. muniam]: to Approve, or separate and common it criminal process. act, by one who intends to he brings himself into suc

A taking to or for one's self;' an adoption as one's own; a setting apart for a particular purpose, v. Appropriate. In English ecclesiastical law. The perpetual annexing of a benef

In old English law. To take to one'fe own sepai-ate use, as by inclosing common or waste land; to inclose for the purpose of cultivation; to cultivate land after inclosing it; to m

apprnanientum, I. I. In old English law. An approvement, or improvement

In English law. Inclosure; the inclosing of part of a common, leaving sufficient common with egress and regress for the commoners; inclosure for the purpose of cultivation: cultiva

In English law. A person, who being indicted of a capital crime upon arraignment, before plea pleaded, and with a view to obtaining a pardon, confessed the crime charged and was th

L fr. To approve or prove; to vouch; to appropriate; to improve.

I. I. In old English law. Approvement; an approvement, or improvement.

In old English law. To approve or improve [land]; to benefit, or obtain a benefit, by approvement.

1. 1. In old English law. An approver [of lands].

I. In the civil law. A driving to, as of cattle to water.

1. 1. In old English law. To appoint

or, as anciently to or incident to another the appurtenances of appurtenances. ' law. Fishery; a fishery.; the actor in a real ac-; to pray, to demand. Petit audituni: prays petty.

Belonging to; accessory or incident to. A thing to be appurtenant to another must be of a different and congruous nature, such as an easement or servitude, or some collateral incid

I In the civil law. The right of conducting water through the land of another.

L A duct or passage for water; a canal or trench for leading ofE water, especially from marshy grounds. Aquagangium: the passage or flow of water; a trench or drain to 6arry off wa

Lat., Awe, aewe, ewe, Lat. fr. In the civil and old English law. Water; a stream of water; a water-course. Aqua aestiva: summer water; water used in summer only. Aqua cedit solo: w

Rights in water; rights to the use of the sea and rivers, for the purpose of fishing and navigation, and to the soil in the

I. fr. Rooted; taken root

aracer, I. fr. To root up.

aratnria, I. I. Irk old English law. Arable land; plough-landa

I. In old English law. To ear; to plough. Arabant: they ploughed. Arabant et lierciabant ad curiam domini: they ploughed and harrowed at the lord's court

Z. In old English law. A ploughman.

I. I. In old English law. A plough of land; as much land as could be tilled wi);h one plow.

I. I. In old English law. The ploughing of land; the service of the tenant for his lord in ploughing his land.

araer, arair, I. fr. To prepare; to array; to settle.

I. In the Roman law. A judge invested with a discretionary power; a person appointed by the praetor, to examine and decide causes termed honce fidei, and who had the power of judgi

arbitrement, Ifr., Arbitrium, 1 1. An award in arbitra- - tion. Arbitrium est Judicium: an award is a judgment; — boni Tiri, secundum eequum et bonum: an award is the judgment of a

An investigation before and decision by unofl Scial persons, chosen by the parties, of a matter in dispute. It is compulsory when the consent of one of the parties is enforced by t

A person to whose decision matters in dispute are subnaitted in arbitration, v. Arbitration.

1. 1. In old English law. Awarded, v. Idem arbitratores, etc.

2. In old English law. A tree. Arbor civilis.consanguinitatis: a family tree. Arbor dum crescit, lignum dura crescere nescit: [called] a tree while it grows, wood when it cannot gr

I. Mysteries of government; state secrets.

I. In the civil and old English law. A treasurer; a keeper of public money.

arceevesque, I. fr. Archbishop; an archbishop. Corruptions of arohievesque.

sive de priscis Auglorum legibns, I The title of a collection of Saxon laws, made in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

In English ecclesiastical lata. The chief of the clergy in his province, having supreme power under the king in all ecclesiastical causes.

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical officer having jurisdiction immediately subordinate to the bishop, through the whole or in some particular part of the diocesa

In English ecclesiastical law. A court held before a judge appointed by the archdeacon, and called his official. It is the most inferior ecclesiastical court Arches court or Court

I. In ecclesiastical law. Archbishop; an archbishop. Archiepiscopus Cantaur: archbishop of Canterbury. Archiepiscopus Ebor.: archbishop of York.

A place where public papers or records are deposited; a repository of records established by public authority; the records or writings so deposited; a private repository in librari

archium. In the civil law. A place for the public deposit of writings, instruments or records.

I, In the civil law. Land comprised within no measurement

I. I. In old ecclesiastical law. Archdeacon. Called also archiepiscopus, archilevita.

/. In old English law. To narrow. Arctata: narrowed.

I. fr. To bind; to compel or force.

I. fr. In old English law. A burner; an incendiary. Ardours de mesons: burners of houses. Ardours sont qui ardent cite, ville,

I. In the civil law. A chest or coffer; a place for keeping money. Area ehirographica or chirographorum judseorum, I. A common

I In old English law. A floor; a piece or plot of ground. Area ligiiea: a wooden floor. In the civil law. A vacant space in a city; a place not built upon; the site of a house; a s

areiiaunt, I. fr. Forever after.

aresnes, areseiiez, I. fr. Arraigned; brought to the bar of the court; put to answer; called in question.