Law Dictionary

In English practice. A summons or citation issued m

A continuation of a previous or regular term. 4 Ohio St. 473; 22 Ala. (N. S.) 27. Gen. St. Mass. c. 112, § 26, provides for holding an adjourned law term from time to time.

To adjourn.

The determinative question in reference to an 'adjournment' is not whether it is a final adjournment of Congress or an interim adjournment, such as an adjournment of the first sess

In English practice. A day appointed by the judges at the regular sittings for the trial of causes at nisi prius.

In English practice. A day appointed some days before the end of the term, at which matters left undone on the affirmance day are finished. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1224.

The appointment of a day when the justices in eyre mean to sit again. Cowell; Spelman; Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 186.

Adjuster. L. Fr. To put to; to add or reckon; to make even; to set right. L. Fr. Diet.

To decide or determine. It is sometimes used with "considered, ordered, determined, decreed as one of the operative words of a final judgment," but is also applicable to interlocut

Lat. [from odf, to, and judicare, to judge; L. Fr. adjudger.] To adjudge, to determine; to decree to a person; to assign by judgment, i. e., by the act of a court. Adjwlicatum; adj

In Canadian law. A purchaser at a sheriff's sale. See 1 Low. (U. S.) 241; 10 Low. (U. S.) 325.

To settle in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally. Synonymous with adjudge in its strictest sense. United States v. Irwin, 127 U. S. 125, 8 Sup. Ot 1033, 32 L.

In French and civil lawThe purchaser at a judicial sale. Brent v. New Orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1098, 6 South. 793.

In the Civil law. An adjudication. The judgment of the court that the subject-matter is the property of one of the litigants; confirmation of title by judgment. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

the entry of an adjudication vests title in the trustee, and this is the act of the court, not of the petitioner

In Scotch law. A species of diligence, or process for transferring the estate of a debtor to a creditor, carried on as an ordinary action before the court of session. Ersk. Inst. b

When a debtor's heir apparent renounces the succession, any creditor may obtain a decree cognitionis causa, the purpose of which is that the amount of the debt may be ascertained s

An adjudication in bankruptcy, until followed by the appointment of a trustee, does not divest the bankrupt's title to a cause of action against a third person or prevent him from

In ADJUNCTION (Lat. adjungere, to join to). In civil law. The attachment or union permanently of a thing belonging to one person to that belonging to another. This union may be cau

The judgment or decree of a court having jurisdiction, that a person against whom a petition in bankruptcy has been filed, or who has filed his voluntary petition, be ordered and a

Undoubtedly, as in all other judicial proceedings, an adjudication refusing a discharge in bankruptcy, finally determines, for all time and in all courts, as between those parties

the limitation to hearings 'required by statute' in § 5 of the Administrative Procedure Act exempts from that section's application only those hearings which administrative agencie

in the Scotch law, are certain proceedings against debtors, by way of actions, before the court of session; and are of two, kinds; special and general. 1. By statute 1672, c. 19, s

Decided, settled, adjudged, adjudicated, q. v. Res adjudicata, or res judicata. A thing adjudicated; a case decided; a matter settled. Plural, res adjudicatce or judioatce. 1 Cromw

To judgment; to court.

To judgment.

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

In this section, the term “adjunct content specialist” means an individual who— (1) meets the applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements

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

The uniting of one article or material with another by which the lesser becomes a part of the greater.

Additional judges sometimes appointed in the high court of delegates. See Shelf. Lun. 310.

An adjunct.

An accessory or appurtenance.

To joining in aid; to join in aid. See "Aid Prayer."

To the rights of the king; a writ which was brought by the king's clerk; presented to a living, against those who endeavored to eject him, to the prejudice of the king's title. Reg

A swearing or binding upon oath.

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.

To put in order; to determine an amount due. See State v. Staub, 61 Conn. 553, 23 Atl. 924; State v. Moore, 40 Neb. 854, 59 N. W. 755, 25 L. R. A. 774. Accounts are adjusted when t

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “adjustable benefit” means— (I) benefits, rights, and features under the plan, including post-retirement death benefits, 60-month guarantee

The term “adjustable rate mortgage” means a residential mortgage that has an interest rate that is subject to change. A residential mortgage that: (A) does not fully amortize over

The term “adjusted actual production history yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of actual production history yields for an in

The term “adjusted age of housing” means the arithmetic product of the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the adjustment factor.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted allowable risk corridor costs” means, for a plan for a coverage year (as defined in subsection (b)(4))— (i) the allowable risk c

The term “adjusted amount” means, with respect to a covered State— (A) for fiscal year 2008, 90 percent of— (i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006 under section 102(a

For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted average per capita cost” means the average per capita amount that the Secretary estimates in advance (on the basis of actual experi

The term “adjusted base amount” means— (A) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, $34,000, (B) $44,000 in the case of a joint return, and (C) zero in the case of a taxpaye

The term “adjusted base period income” means the average of the inflation-adjusted possession incomes of the corporation for each base period year.

For purposes of clause (i), the term “adjusted cash value” means the cash surrender value of the policy or contract increased by the sum of— (I) commissions payable with respect to

The term “adjusted disbursements” means disbursements from the plan reduced by the product of— (I) the plan's funding target attainment percentage for the plan year, and (II) the s

The term "adjusted exploration expenditures" means, with respect to any property or mine— (A) the amount of the expenditures allowed for the taxable year and all precedin

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “adjusted Federal long-term rate” means the Federal long-term rate determined under section 1274(d), except that— (A) paragraphs (2) and (3)

For purposes of this part, the term "adjusted financial statement income" means, with respect to any corporation for any taxable year, the net income or loss of the taxpa

The term “adjusted funding target attainment percentage” means the funding target attainment percentage which is determined under paragraph (1) by increasing each of the amounts un

For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted gross estate” means the value of the gross estate (determined without regard to this section)— / For purposes of this section, the

the term “adjusted gross income” means— (i) in the case of a dependent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in se

In this paragraph, the term “adjusted historical payment basis” means, with respect to a physicians’ service furnished in a fee schedule area, the weighted average prevailing charg

The terms “adjusted income” and “income” shall have the meaning given such terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)]. / The terms “adjuste

The term “adjusted income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties” means the gross income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties (including production payments and overriding royalties)

The term “adjusted income from rents” means the gross income from rents, reduced by the amount subtracted under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection. For purposes of the preceding s

For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term “adjusted investor equity” means, with respect to any calendar year, the aggregate amount of cash taxpayers invested with respect to the

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "adjusted national average monthly bid amount" means the national average monthly bid amount computed under paragraph (4), as

For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted net capital gain” means the sum of— (A) net capital gain (determined without regard to paragraph (11)) reduced (but not below ze

For purposes of subsection (j), the term “adjusted net income” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the gross income for the taxable year (determined with the income modifications pro

The term “adjusted net operating loss” means the net operating loss for any taxable year determined with the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (C).

The term “adjusted noninsured crop disaster assistance program yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of production history under

The term “adjusted ordinary gross income” means the ordinary gross income adjusted as follows: (A) From the gross income from rents (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph

For purposes of paragraph (4), the term “adjusted qualifying income” means the product of— (i) the highest family income which (as of the date the financing was provided) would hav

In paragraph (2), the term “adjusted reasonable costs” means, with respect to any services, reasonable costs determined for such services, reduced by 10 percent. The 10-percent red

For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted sales price” means the amount realized, reduced by the aggregate of the expenses for work performed on the old residence in order t

The term “adjusted self-employment income” means self-employment income (as defined in section 1402(b)); except that section 1402(b) shall be applied by placing wages (within the m

The term “adjusted share” means the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the base share for the eligibl

For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable estate” means the taxable estate reduced by $60,000.

For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable gifts” means the total amount of the taxable gifts (within the meaning of section 2503 as modified by section 2511) made by

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "adjusted taxable income" means taxable income increased by the sum of— (i) the amount allowed for the taxable year under parag

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “adjusted tax attributes” means the sum of the tax attributes described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), and (G) of subsection (

For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “adjusted tax difference with respect to the estate” means the excess of what would have been the estate tax liability but for subsection

The term “adjusted value” means the value determined in accordance with Articles 1 through 8, Article 15, and the corresponding interpretive notes of the Agreement on Implementatio

The term “adjusted year” means the partnership taxable year to which the item being adjusted relates.

In the case of any regulated investment company, the term "adjustment" means— (A) any increase in the investment company taxable income of the regulated investment compan

Second. The term “Adjustment Board” means the National Railroad Adjustment Board created by this chapter.

The term “adjustment factor” means a factor applicable to a fiscal year that is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) for October

For purposes of this section and section 262m–1 of this title , the term “adjustment lending” means nonproject lending in support of structural macroeconomic reforms or sectoral ec

As used in this section, the term “adjustment percentage” means, with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage (if any) by which— (1) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as de

The term "adjustment year" means the partnership taxable year in which— (A) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the decision of a court in a proceeding brought under

tariffs, as Algonquin held, so too the phrase "regulate .

We should be aided and not injured by that which is intended for our benefit.

In Welsh law. A proprietor who, for some cause, entered the service of another proprietor, and left him after the expiration of a year and a day. He was liable to the payment of 30

At large; as, title at large; assize at large. See Dane, Abr. c. 144, art. 16, i 7. AD LITEM (Lat. Ktes). For the suit. Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem. 2

To purge one's self of a crime by oath.

At pleasure. 3 Bla. Com. 292. AD LITEM (Lat. lites). For the suit Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem; 2 Kent 229; 2 Bla. Com. 427.

During the pendency of the action.

ailiues, I. In the civil laio. riage.

For profit or loss.

For greater caution.

For greater security. 2 How. State Tr. 4182.

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

A person who swore by. laying his hands on the Book.

Ready at hand.

Ascertainment by measure; measuring out; assignment or apportionment by measure, that is, by fixed quantity or value, by certain limits or in definite and fixed proportions. —Admea

WRIT OF. It lay agninst persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases: Admeasurement of dower, where the widow held from the heir more land, etc., as dower,