Law Dictionary

Fr. In French law. The hiring of a vessel; affreightment. Called also nolissement. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 2; Id. liv. 3, tit 1, art L

See Affer .

the Court appears concerned that allowing this complaint to proceed could result in a court order requiring the United States to "buil[d] pipelines, pumps, wells, or other water in

One who makes an affidavit v. Deponent.

/. fr. An affeeror. v. Affeeror.

I. In old English lau: Intention; diposition. Affectio tna noinen imponit operi tuo: your disposition gives name to your work or act V. Actus; Affectus.

I. I. In canon and feudal law. A plighting faith; an affiance. Affidatio domlnoram: an lords in parliament.

Fr. Of necessity. l Att. sect. 455. See Fine force.

I. I Belongs; goes to. Afierent: belong.

fr. and eng. The plighting of troth or faith, upon an agreement to marry.

In old commercial law. Blils of lading.

I, I In old English law. An afforcement; a strengthening or adding to; increase. Aforciamentum plegiorum: aforcement of pledges. Aforciamentum distrlctionis: aforcement of a distre

Before mentioned; already spoken of or described. See 20 Mo. 411; 20 Ala. 35.

In criminal law. Premeditation; prepense. See "Malice Aforethought."-

In French law. A formula used in indorsing commercial paper, and equivalent to "without recourse."

By (or from) the stronger reason. Applied to the argument that, because of the concession or establishment of a given proposition, another included in it is by the greater reason t

Arefining of metals. Blount.

An officer in the exchequer, clothed with the duty of examining the sheriffs in respect of their accounts. Usually called the "foreign apposer." Termes de la Ley.

See Citizen; Color, 1; Slavery.

the term “African elephant” means any animal of the species loxodonta africana;

I. To swear to; swear fealty; pledge one's faith. Hence affidavit, oath in before statement that the datus: a tenant by

In connection with time, the word may have an inclusive or exclusive meaning, according to subject matter, context and purpose. See Ann. Cas. 1912A, 796; also 49 L. R. A. 200.

Acquired after a particular date or event. Thus, a judgment is a lien on after-acquired renity, i. e., land acquired by the debtor after entry of the judgmentHughes v. Hughes, 152

Although a testator may, under the above law, dispose by will of after-purchased lands, it is nevertheless necessary that his intention to make such a disposition should clearly ap

The obligation of the company to pay disability benefits in the future is not after-acquired property. It is property which was acquired by Legg long before the adjudication, and f

A mortgage intended to cover after-acquired property can only attach itself to such property in the condition in which it comes into the mortgagor's hands. If that property is alre

At law, they run with the land; and if the covenantor subsequently acquire an outstanding paramount title, it enures by force of the covenant to him who claims under the deed of th

A statute making a will void as to after-barn children means physical birth, and la not applicable to a child legitimated by the marriage of its parents. Appeal of McCulloch, 113 P

See En Vi:mki: Sa Mere; Posthumous Child.

the term “aftercare” means placement, case management and monitoring of the participant in a community-based substance abuse treatment program when the participant leaves the custo

When time is to be computed "after" a certain date, it is meant that such date should be excluded in the computation. Bigelow v. Wilson. 1 Pick. (Mass) 485; Taylor v. Jacoby, 2 Pa.

Discovered or made known after a particular date or event.

next after the indebtedness then existing or then authorized.

The second crop of grass. A right to have the last crop of grass or pasturage. 1 Chit. Prac. 181. AGAINST THE FORM OF THE STATute. Technical words which must be used in framing an

The word has two senses. It may mean the whole time from noon to midnight, or it may mean the earlier part of that time, as distinguished from the evening; 2 El. & Bl. 447, where a

This term as used in a bill payable so many days after sight, means after legal sight; that is, after legal presentment for acceptance. The mere fact of having seen the bill or kno

The term “after-tax income” means, with respect to any taxable year, the gross income of the welfare benefit fund reduced by the sum of— (i) the deductions allowed by this chapter

in reference to,"' "concerning" or "touching" a carrier.

a mens rea requirement, which is not necessary to resolve this case.

expenses of administration, for plainly they are different and distinct things, generally so classified in the settlement of estates of decedents, and so regarded by Congress, as e

all agreements for pecuniary considerations to control the business operations of the Government, or the regular administration of justice, or the appointments to public offices, o

When the act complained of is prohibited by a statute. these technical words must be used in an indictment under it. The Latin phrase is contra formam statuti. State v. Murphy, 15

A technical phrase used in alleging a breach of the peace. See Contra Pacem. State v. Tibbetts, 86 Me 189, 29 Atl. 979.

A technical plrase used in alleging a breach of the peace. See Conrra Paorm.

against the United States and no one else.

Technical words which must be used in framing an indictment for robbery from the person. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 244. In the statute of 13 Edw. I. (Westminster II.) c. 34, the oflfense of

An Impression or image of anything on a seaL Cowell.

An award. AGARDER (Law Fr.) To award, adjudge, or determine; to sentence, or condemn.

L. Fr. To award, adjudge or determine; to sentence or condemn.

Lat. (You go to the court.) In English practice. A writ which lies at common law, to remove a cause from an inferior court not of record, such as a hundred court, or court baron, i

old age" when teamed with "discrimination," the provision of an affirmative defense when age is a bona fide occupational qualification readily shows that "age" as a qualification m

The period of life at which persons become legally competent to do certain acts or perform certain functions which for want of age they are before incompetent to do or perform; the

The term "age-appropriate" means suitable (in terms of topics, messages, and teaching methods) to the developmental and social maturity of the particular age or age group

L. Fr. Water. Kel-ham.

More than fifty years old. See 65 Am. St. Rep. 306; also 39 L. R. A. 710.

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “aged, blind, or disabled individual” means an individual who— (A) is 65 years of age or older, is blind (as determined under paragraph (2

In this subsection, the term "age-friendly community" means a community that— (A) is taking measurable steps to— (i) include adequate and accessible housing, public space

The Saxon kings usually called a synod, or mixed council, consisting both of ecclesiastill Henry III.’s time. Cowell, ed. 1727; Cunningham, Law Diet. Synod, Mioeh Oe- ^ motes^. MIC

when private individuals or groups are endowed by the State with powers or functions governmental in nature, they become agencies or instrumentalities of the State and subject to i

any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprieta

DEED OF. A revocable and voluntary trust for payment of debts. Wharton. AGENFRIDA (Saxon). The true lord or owner of a thing. Spelman.

the term “agency acquisition workforce” means the employees of a Federal agency that have procurement or acquisition responsibilities, including— (A) employees described in section

the whole or a part of an agency rule, order, license, sanction, relief, or the equivalent or denial thereof, or failure to act.

The term “agency administrator” means the head of an agency.

the terms “agency board” or “agency board of contract appeals” mean— (A) the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 607(a)(1) of this title; (B) the Civ

the terms “agency board” or “agency board of contract appeals” mean— (A) the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 607(a)(1) of this title; (B) the Civ

The term “agency center” means a center or alternative organizational component of the Food and Drug Administration.

The term “agency CERPO” means the chief environmental review and permitting officer of an agency, as designated by the head of the agency under section 4370m–1(b)(2)(A)(iii)(I) of

Agency concerned.—The term “agency concerned” means a department, agency, wholly owned corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government.

The term “agency contract” means an oral or written agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional

A revocable and voluntary trust for payment of debts. Wharton.

forge' in § 495 should not be taken to include an agency endorsement. Indorsing a bill of exchange under a false assumption of authority to indorse it per procuration, is not forge

As used in this chapter, the term “Agency for International Development” includes any successor agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act

The term “agency head” means the head of any Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5 ), other than the Department of Defense. / The term “agency head” means the head

the term "agency information" means information collected or maintained by or on behalf of an agency; 1 / The term “agency information” has the meaning given the term in

In this section, the term "agency information system" means an information system used or operated by an agency or by another entity on behalf of an agency. / the term “a

“agency in the legislative branch” means the Government Accountability Office, the Government Publishing Office, the Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, the O

A term sometimes applied to the kind of implied agency which enables a wife to procure what is reasonably necessary for her maintenance and support on her husband's credit and at h

The term “agency of original jurisdiction” means the activity which entered the original determination with regard to a claim for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary.

As soon as possible after August 23, 1988, each agency of the Federal Government shall establish guidelines to carry out the policy set forth in section 205b of this title (with pa

the term "agency of the legislative branch" means the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the Government Accountability Office, the Government Pub

It acts with the government's permission, and, while it may be said to have received a privilege from the government, it is not a privilege to be exercised on behalf of the governm

“Agency of the United States Government” includes any agency, department, board, wholly or partly owned corporation, instrumentality, commission, or establishment of the United Sta

The term “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” has the meaning given that term in section 1603(b) of title 28 .

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba” means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b)

“agency proceeding” means an agency process as defined by paragraphs (5), (7), and (9) of this section; / In this section, the term “agency proceeding” has the meaning given the te

The term “agency-provider model” means, with respect to the provision of home and community-based attendant services and supports for an individual, subject to paragraph (4), a met

The term “agency school board” means a body— (A) the members of which are appointed by all of the school boards of the schools located within an agency, including schools operated

an arrangement under which all employees are required as a condition of employment to pay dues to the union and pay the union's initiation fee, but they need not actually become un

a collective bargaining agreement provision that employees covered by the contract who chose not to join the union were required 'to pay as a condition of employment, an initial se

The term “agency with rural responsibilities” means any executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5 ) that implements a Federal law, or administers a program, targeted a

In medical jurisprudence. Impotentia generandi; sexual impotence; incapacity for reproduction, existing in either sex, and whether arising from structural or other causes.

Sax. The true master or owner of a thing. Speiman.

In Saxon law. A guest at an inn, who, having stayed there for three nights, was then accounted one of the family. Cowell.

AGENHINA, or AWNHINE. In Saxon law. A domestic or inmate. One who stayed three nights in an inn was AGENS (Lat. agere, to do; to conduct). A conductor or manager of affairs. Distin

A manager; a plaintiff. Agent. One who is authorized to bind his principal contractually or by representations. See 3 Am. St. Rep. 693; also Ann. Cas. 1913B, 84, and 2 L. R. A. 808

According to the clearest and best established principles of equity, the agent who so acts becomes a trustee for his principal. He cannot hold the land under an entry for himself o

awenhine, awnhine, agenhine, Sax. In the Saxon law. An inmate; one belonging to the family or household; a guest for whom, by reason of the length of his stay (a stay to the third

A phrase indicating the state of a person who is required to do a thing, and is at the same time the person to whom it is done; as, when a man is indebted to another, and he appoin

One whose authority to bind a principal, the latter is by his conduct estopped to deny. See 12 Wall. (U. S.) 681, 20 L. Ed. 436.