Law Dictionary

the admiralty rule in this country ... [is] that the division of damages extends to what one of the parties pays to the owners of cargo on board the other. ... The right to the div

Admiralty courts have complete jurisdiction over suits of a maritime nature between foreigners. Nevertheless, 'the question is one of discretion in every case, and the court will n

In admiralty proceedings, a libel in the nature of an information, does not require all the formality and technical precision of an indictment at common law. If the allegations are

In admiralty, the party entitled to relief should always be made libellant; and the practice of instituting a suit in the name of one person for the benefit of another, to whom the

From the 12th and 15th Rich. 2d. the Admiralty has had jurisdiction on all waters out of the body of the county... A road, haven, or even river, not within the body of the county,

That jurisdiction in cases of tort depends upon the locality of the injury. It does not extend to injuries caused by a vessel to persons or property on the land. Where the cause of

The court considers the law as completely settled by the case of the Vengeance. A distinction has been attempted to be drawn between this case and that, but the court can see no di

The jurisdiction of admiralty over such a cause of action depends, not on the place where the injury is inflicted...but on the nature of the seaman's service, his status as a membe

It has been repeatedly decided in the admiralty and common law courts in England, that the former have no jurisdiction in questions of property between a mortgagee and the owner. N

The jurisdiction of courts of admiralty, in matters of contract, depends upon the nature and character of the contract; but in torts, it depends entirely on locality. ... The juris

As the fund is in the custody of the admiralty, the application must necessarily be made to that court by any person setting up an interest in it. This application by petition is f

Uniformity is required only when the essential features of an exclusive federal jurisdiction are involved.

In the trial of all cases of seizure, on land, the Court sits as a Court of common law. In cases of seizure made on waters navigable by vessels of ten tons burthen and upwards, the

An objection to the admissibility of evidence in any cause can only be properly founded on the hypothesis that such testimony violates the law of evidencsin this: that the law proh

it is not essential to the admissibility of a confession that it should appear that the person was warned that what he said would be used against him, but, on the contrary, if the

Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision. Used with reference to the issues to be decided in any judicial proceeding. ADMISSION (Lat. ad, to, miltere, to send).

the lawful entry of the alien into the United States after inspection and authorization by an immigration officer." §1101(a)(13)(A).

In English ecclesiastical law. The act of the bishop, who, on approval of the clerk presented by the patron, after examination, declares him fit, (or able, habilem,) to serve the c

In European law. An usher. Spelman.

where an answer which is put in issue, admits a fact, and insists upon a distinct fact by way of avoidance, the fact admitted is established, but the fact insisted upon must be pro

an alien who seeks admission to this country may not do so under any claim of right. Admission of aliens to the United States is a privilege granted by the sovereign United States

in pleading.— Where one party means to take advantage of or rely upon some matter alleged by his adversary, and to make it part of his case, he ought to admit such matter in his ow

in evidence, are the declarations which a party, by himself or those who act under his authority, makes of the existence of certain facts. These admissions are generally evidence o

tn practice. It frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expense as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, reciprocally, certain facts in t

Admissions of crime, like admissions against proprietary interests, carry their own indicia of credibility sufficient at least to support a finding of probable cause to search. Tha

We think that an accused's admissions of essential facts or elements of the crime, subsequent to the crime, are of the same character as confessions and that corroboration should b

Where the inconsistent statement was made prior to the crime this danger [of errors in convictions based upon untrue confessions alone] does not exist. They contain none of the inh

The order of a competent court or magistrate that a person accused of crime be discharged from actual custody upon the taking of bail. Comp. Laws Nev. 1900, § 4460; Ann. Codes & St

The circumstance of his having been stricken off the roll of counsellors of the district court of the northern district of New York, by the order of the judge of that court for a c

To allow, receive or take; to suffer one to enter; to give possession; to license. Gregory v. United States, 17 Blatchf. 325, 10 Fed. Can. 1195. See Admission.

In English law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. It is of three kinds, namely, upon a voluntary grant by the lord, upon a surrender by the former tenant, and upon

with respect to " an alien, " the lawful entry of " the alien " into the United States" (emphasis added)); § 1101(a)(33) ("The term 'residence' means the place of general abode; th

The term “admitted insurer” means, with respect to a State, an insurer licensed to engage in the business of insurance in such State.

A writ of execution upon a right of presentation to a benefice being recovered in quare impedit, addressed to the bishop or his metropolitan, requiring him to admit and institute t

DE CLERICO CAPTO PER STATU- TUM MERCATORIUM DELIBERAN- BO. Writ for delivering aelerk arrested on ustatute merchant. A writ for the deliyery of a clerk out of prison, who had been

A writ associating certain persons to justices of assize.

I. In the civil law. To admit; to receive; to accept; to allow; to acknowledge; to commit, as an of Eensa

See Accession; Confusion, Of goods.

The mingling of goods by accession or confusion.

A reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him that, should he be guilty of the same fault

The third warning given to one standing mute, before the infliction of the peine forte et dure. 4 Bl. Comm. 325.

Accustomed to bite. A term applied to ferocious animals.

The reduction of property of lands or tenements to mortmain, in the feudal customs.

This abbreviation will be judicially presumed to mean "administrator." Moseley v. Mastin, 37 Ala. 216, 22L

The son of a great-great-grandson.

The daughter of a great-great-granddaughter.

The daughter of a greatgreat-granddaughter. Calvinus, Lex. ADN0TATI0 (Lat notare). A subscription or signing. In the civil law, casual homicide was excused by the indulgence of the

Annulled; cancelled; made void. ADNIHILARE (Law Lat. from ad, to, and nihil, nothing). In old English law. To reduce to nothing; to treat as nothing; to hold as or for nought; to a

To annul.

I. In old English law. A fine imposed for adultery or fornication. In the civil law. Adultery; the corrupting of the wife of another.

I. I To annul, v. Adnihilare.

To the nuisance. Formal words in the assize of nuisance. 3 Bl. Comm. 221. AD OFFICIUM JUSTI CIARIORUM SPECtat, unicuique coram eis placitanti justltiam exhibere. It is the duty of

In the Civil law. The subscription of a name or signature to an instrument. Co.d. 4, 19, 5, 7. A rescript of the prince or emperor, signed with his own hand, or sign-manual. Coke 1

Judges are expected to show justice to everyone who pleads before them.

It is the duty of justices to administer justice to every one pleading before -them. 2 Inst. 451.

That age which follows puberty, and precedes the age of majority. It commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years completed, and continues till twenty-one years

“adolescent” means an individual under the age of nineteen; and

I In the civil law. Adolescence, or youth; the age between puberty and majority, beginning in males at fourteen, in

With relation to omissions or wrong interpretations. 3 Ersk. Inst. 9, § 36.

adunque, adoun,//-. Then.

To accept, appropriate, choose or select; to make that one's own (property or act) which was not so originally. To adopt a route for the transportation of the mail means to take th

The terms “adoption” or “adopted” mean legal adoption prior to the time of the injury.

I. In the civil law. Adoption cliild of another as one's own. to the person adopting and the

The terms “adoption” or “adopted” mean legal adoption prior to the time of the injury.

Adoption, properly speaking, refers only to persons who are strangers in blood, and is not synonymous with "legitimation," which refers to persons of the same blood. Where one ackn

The term “adoption assistance agreement” means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the State agency, other relevant agencies, and the prospective

The principal must, therefore, when informed, reject within a reasonable time, or be deemed to adopt by acquiescence. The rule is said to be a 'stringent one upon the principal in

The term "adoption of broadband" means the process by which an individual obtains daily access to the internet— (A) at a speed, quality, and capacity— (i) that is necessa

anyone may seize any property for a forfeiture to the Government, and that if the Government adopts the act and proceeds to enforce the forfeiture by legal process, this is of no l

The term “adoption organization” means a national, regional, or local organization— (i) among whose primary purposes are adoption; (ii) that is knowledgeable in all elements of the

The term “adoption promotion and support services” means services and activities designed to encourage more adoptions out of the foster care system, when adoptions promote the best

The term “adoption service” means— (A) identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption; (B) securing necessary consent to termination of parental rights and to adoption;

An act of legislation which cemes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed therein, by the inhabitants of that area.

Lat Adoptive. Applied both to the parent adopting, and the child adopted. Insti 2, 13, 4; Id. 3, 1, 10-14.

To the work. See 21 Harv. L. Rev. 264, citing 2 Poll & Haiti. 232 et seq.; Use. AD OSTIUM ECCLESI/E (Lat). At the church-door. One of the five species of dower formerly recognized

To show. Formal worths in old writs. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 65, § 12.

At the door of the church. One of the five species of dower formerly recognized by the English law. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 149; 2 Bl. Comm. 132.

At the church door.

To religious purposes.

A surety.

(Lat. promittere)- One who binds himself for another; a surety; a peculiar species of fidejussor. Calv. Lex. The term is used in the same sense in the Scotch law. The cautionary en

To prosecute. 11 Mod. 362. AD QU/ERIMONIAM. On complaint AD QUEM (Lat). To which. The correlative term to a quo, used in the computation of time, definition of a risk, etc., denoti

Reference should be made to the matter next preceding unless the meaning is thereby destroyed.

Ad questionem facti non respondent judices, ad questionem juris non respondent juratores.

Judges do not answer questions of fact; jurors do not answer questions of law. See XX Eng. Ruling Cases, 630.

Judges answer questions of law; jurors answer questions of fact. See XX Eng. Ruling Cases, 630.

(Lat.) To which. The correlative term to a quo (q. v.), used in the computation of time, definition of a risk, etc., denoting the end of the period or journey. _ The terminus a quo

Judges do not answer questions of fact; juries do not answer questions of law. 8 Coke, 308; Co. Litt. 295.

I. In civil and old English qiiiritur possessio: possession is

To which the court agreed.

A writ under which a license from the king was obtained. See 2 Bl. Comm. 271.

To which there was no answer.

M used in the reports, where a point advanced in argument by one party was not denied by the other; or where a point or argument of counsel was not met or noticed by the court; or

On complaint of. AD QUAESTIONEM FACTI NGN REspondent judices; ad quaestionem legis non respondent juratores. Judges do not answer to a question of fact; jurors do not answer to a q

Payment Blount.

To cite a person to appear.

To recognize. Fleta,- lib. 2, c: 65, § 12. Formal words in old writs.

adretiare, addressare, right; to satisfy; to make amends.

To do right, satisfy, or make amends. ADRHAMIRE (Law. Lat. from old Fr. arrimir). In old European law. To undertake, declare, or promise solemnly; to pledge; to pledge one's self t

primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognltlo a nominlbus rerum dependet. In order rightly to comprehend a thing, inquire first into the names, for a right knowledge of things depen