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Congress undoubtedly intended the requirement of 'adequate and full consideration' to exclude relinquishment of dower and other marital rights with respect to the estate tax. We be

where the judgment of a state court rests upon two grounds, one of which is federal and the other nonfederal in character, our jurisdiction fails if the nonfederal ground is indepe

The first of these is adequacy of transportation. The expression would seem to apply only to the interest of the shipping public. The second and third matters to be considered are

Such care as a man of ordinary prudence would himself take under similar circumstances to avoid accident; care proportionate to the risk to be incurred. Wallace v. Wilmington & N.

(1) actual obstruction of public or private passways causing unreasonable interference, (2) force or violence, or threat thereof, actually committed by any person, or the aiding an

the term “adequate consideration” means— (A) in the case of a security for which there is a generally recognized market— (i) the price of the security prevailing on a national secu

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “adequate dwelling” means a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling unit.

For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term “adequate expertise” means that the membership of the classification panel includes— (i) two or more voting members, with a specialty

“adequate information” means information of a kind, and in sufficient detail, as far as is reasonably practicable in light of the nature and history of the debtor and the condition

With respect to a bank holding company, the term “adequately capitalized” means a level of capitalization which meets or exceeds all applicable Federal regulatory capital standards

The term "adequately served" means having a participation rate, by crop, that is at least 50 percent of the national average participation rate.

an objection which is ample and timely to bring the alleged federal error to the attention of the trial court and enable it to take appropriate corrective action is sufficient to s

The term 'adequate or reasonable facilities' is not in its nature capable of exact definition. It is a relative expression, and has to be considered as calling for such facilities

No particular form of words or phrases is essential, but only that the claim of invalidity and the ground therefor be brought to the attention of the state court with fair precisio

the adequate protection to which the statute refers is 'for the realization of the value of the interests, claims or liens' affected

Conduct which so excites a man’s passion as practically to enthrall his reason. See 71 Am. St. Rep. 553.

A legal remedy, to be "adequate," so as to exclude the jurisdiction of equity, must be "as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remed

it is not enough that there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration,

members of a class not present as parties to the litigation may be bound by the judgment where they are in fact adequately represented by parties who are present, or where they act

The requirement of the Rule is satisfied if the applicant shows that representation of his interest 'may be' inadequate; and the burden of making that showing should be treated as

a litigant's procedural defaults in state proceedings do not prevent vindication of his federal rights unless the State's insistence on compliance with its procedural rule serves a

The term "adequate substantiation of safety" means tests or studies, research, analyses, or other evidence or information that is considered, among experts qualified by s

In arrears.

Underneath.

In the civil law. To be present; the opposite of abesse. Calv. Lex. To advocate, to undertake the management of a cause. Calv. Lex.; Brissonius.

adavauut, I. fr. Before.

To the overthrow of our right. 2 Kent 91. AD EXCAMBIUM (Lat). For exchange; for compensation. Bracton, fol. 12 6, 37 o. AD EXH/CREDATIONEM. To the disherison, or disinheritim'. The

For exchange; for compensation. Bract, fol. 12b, 37b.

To the disherison or disinheriting; to the Injury of the inheritance. Bract fol. 15a; 3 Bl. Comm. 288. Formal words in the old writs of waste.

To the disherison, or disinheriting. The writ of waste calls upon the tenant to appear and show cause why he hath committed waste and destruction in the place named ad exhaereditat

At the end; at issue.

To do. Co. Litt. 204 a. AD FACTUM PR/ESTANDUM. In Scotch Law. The name given to a class of obligations of great strictness. A debtor ad Jac. prws. is denied the benefit of the act

In Scotch law. The name given to a class of obligations of great strictness. A debtor ad fqc. praes. is denied the benefit of the act of grace, the privilege of sanctuary, and the

In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this kind cannot claim the benefit of the act of grac

To fee farm. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 50, § 30.

In the civil law. The welding together of iron; a species of adjunction (q. v.) Called also ferruminatio. Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 268.

In the civil law. The welding together of iron; a species of

In allegiance. 2 Kent, Comm. 56. Subjects born in allegiance are said to be born ad fidem.

To the thread of the water; to the central line or middle of the stream. Usque ad fllum aquæ, as far as the thread of the stream. Bract, fol. 208b; 235a. A phrase of frequent occur

To the thread of the stream; to the middle of the stream. 2 Cush. (Mass.) 207; 4Hill (N. Y.) 369; 2 N. H. 369; 2 Washb. Real Prop. 632, 633; 3 Kent, Comm. 423 et seq. A former mean

To the middle of the way; to the central line of the road. Parker v. Inhabitants of Framingham, 8 Mete. (Mass.) 260.

To the thread or center of the way.

To the end.

To the end of the litigation.

Affines. Lat. [from ad, to, and finis, a border, or limit.] In the civil law. Relations, or connections by marriage; so called, because the families {cognationes,) of the husband a

To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent, according to Blackstone, occurring in the phrase, dedi concessi et ad firmam tradidi, I have given, granted, and to farm let,

To make a jail delivery.

adgisantz, I. fr. Adjacent.

To the damage.

In Scotch law. The name of a form of action by which the mutual obligation of marriage may be enforced by either party. Bell, Diet. ADHERING (Lat. adhaerere, to cling to). Cleaving

Joining, leagued with, cleaving to; as, "adhering to the enemies of the United States." Rebels, being citizens, are not "enemies," within the meaning of the constitution ; hence a

The entrance of another state into an existing treaty with respect only to a part of the principles laid down or the stipulations agreed to. Opp. Int. L. § 533. Though, properly sp

In the civil law. To apply; to employ; to exercise; to use. Adhibere diligentiam, to use care. Adhihere vim, to employ force.

As to this.

To the man; personal.

One vested in the complainant, to which he may at all times resort at his own option, fully and freely, without let or hindrance. 54 Conn. 249.

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

At this day.

A term used In the laws of Holland for the application of property by an executor. Wharton.

To the same effect.

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

(Law Fr. without day). A common term in the Year Books, implying final dismissal from court. Literally, "to God." Frequently written "Adeu." Y. B. T. 5 Edw. II. 173.

Fr. Without day. A com. mon term in the Year Books, implying final dismissal from court,

A designation should be made from the more fitting.

The designation and explanation ought to be made from the more fitting.

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

In the civil law. Adjunction; a species ot aecessio, whereby two things belonging to different proprietors are brought into firm connection with each other; such as interweaving, (

Inthe Roman law. The Addilitian Edict; an edict providing remedies for frauds in sales, the execution of which belonged to the curule zdiles. Dig. 21,1. See Cod. 4, 58.

Lat. To that; thereto, or thereunto. Toums. PL 22.

Thereunto. Ad inde requisitus, thereunto required. Townsh. PI. 22.

From thence required.

Without end.

A writ commanding an inquiry or investigation.

At the instance.

In the meantime.

A waxy substance (chemically margarate of ammonium or ammonia-cal soap) formed by the decomposition of animal matter protected from the air but subjected to moisture; in medical ju

Lost; strayed; a price or value set upon things stolen or lost, as a recompense to the owner. Cowell.

Approach or access. As used in mining law, a horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away. Also called "drift." ADITUS (Lat. adire). A

Lat To itinerate. Justitiarii ad itinerandum de eomitatu in comitatum; justices to itinerate from county-to county. Bract, fol. 108 b. See Iter,Justitiarius. AD 'JUNGENDUM AUXILIUM

I An entering upon an solutioue cedit: entering upon

A right of entrance.

having a "continuous surface connection" between the wetland and its neighboring creek, "ante," at 742.

The term “adjacent coastal State” means any coastal State which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port, as proposed in an application; (B) would be located

The term “adjacent islands” includes Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, the Windward and Leeward Islands, Trinida

lands in proximity, contiguous to, or near to the road.

The term “adjacent site” means a site that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land.

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

/. fr. Addition; addition

That which regulates procedure; so called from its function to aid the substantive. Holland, Jur. 78. The law of pleading, practice, evidence, remedies and procedure, designed mere

I. In the civil law. To add

touching or contiguous, as distinguished from lying near to or adjacent"); see also Black's Law Dictionary 38–39 (5th ed. 1979) (same); Webster's Third 26–27 (similar).

For purposes of this subsection, the terms “adjoining country”, “appropriate congressional committees”, “armed group”, and “conflict mineral” have the meaning given those terms und

See Eminent Domain; Lateral Support; Fence; Window.

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

Adjurnatus. L. Lat. [from adjornare, or adjurnare, q. v.] Adjourned. Quae quidem recordum et processus adjornata sunt coram vobis; which record and process are adjourned before you

To adjourn.

In strictness, to put off to a day specified. Also to suspend business for a time; to defer or delay. 14 How. Pr. (N. Y.),54. See "Postponement."

In Scotch practice. A term applied to the records of criminal courts. Books of Adjournal (old Scotch, "Bukis of Adiornale") were the original records of criminal trials, most of wh

An adjournment is to appoint a day or give a day. 4 Inst. 27. Hence the formula "eat sine die."

In Lat. It is adjourned. A word with which the old reports very frequently conclude a case. 1 Ld. Raym. 602 ; 1 Show. 7; 1 Leon. 88.