Law Dictionary

In this section, the terms “agent employed to manage the property that has an identity of interest” and “identity of interest agent” mean an entity— (1) that has management respons

Those doing and those consenting are liable to the same punishment.

the terms “agent institution”, “reciprocal deposits”, and “well capitalized” have the meanings given those terms in subsection (i); and / The term “agent institution” means an insu

An agent is liable for all damages caused by his negligence, unless exonerated therefrom, in whole or in part, by a statute or a valid contract binding on the person damaged.

in admiralty proceedings, that the agent of absent owners may libel, either in his own name, as agent, or in the name of his principals, as he thinks best; that the power of attorn

For purposes of this section, the term “agent of a foreign government” means an individual who agrees to operate within the United States subject to the direction or control of a f

"Agent of a foreign power" means— (1) any person other than a United States person, who— (A) acts in the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign power, or as

the term “agent of a foreign principal” is defined as such term is defined under subsection (d) of section 611 of title 22 subject to the provisions of section 613 of title 22. / E

property acquired during marriage with community funds became an acquet of the community and not the sole property of the one in whose name the property was bought, although by the

the term "agent of the Office of the SAA" includes a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service commissioned or used through the Office of t

when an employee's injury is caused in whole or in part by the fault of others performing, under contract, operational activities of his employer, such others are 'agents' of the e

Whatever an agent does, or says, in reference to the business in which he is at the time employed, and within the scope of his authority, is done or said by the principal; and may

The confessions of an agent are not evidence to bind his principal; nor is his subsequent account of a transaction to his principal, evidence. But his acts, within the scope of his

If Plant, within the scope of his office, had knowledge of a fact which it was his duty to declare, and not to his interest to conceal, then his knowledge is to be treated as that

It is by no means true, as was contended in argument, that the acts of agents derive their validity from professing, on the face of them, to have been done in the exercise of their

No principle is better settled, than that the powers of an agent cease on the death of his principal. If an act of agency be done, subsequent to the decease of the principal, thoug

if an agent discovers a defect in the title of his principal to land, he cannot misuse it to acquire a title for himself; and if he does, that he will be held as a trustee holding

Where the fact of agency has been proved, either expressly or presumptively, the act of the agent, co-extensive with the authority, is the act of the principal, whose mere instrume

Regularly it is true, that when a man doth less than the commandment or authority committed unto him, then, the commandment or authority being not pursued, the act is void. And whe

The general rule that a principal is bound by the knowledge of his agent is based on the principle of law, that it is the agent's duty to communicate to his principal the knowledge

The age below which the law presumes a girl incapable of consenting to the sexual act. See 115 Cal. 132, 46 Pac. 915.

The term “age of housing” means the number of existing housing units constructed in 1939 or earlier based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable t

The term “age or developmentally-appropriate” means— (i) activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity

A statement made in a real action, to which an infant is a party, of the fact of infancy, and a request that the proceedings may be stayed until the infant becomes of age. It is no

A field.

I. I, In old English law. An

A dam; a dike; a bank.

An assault attended by circumstances of aggravation, as the use of a weapon, or disparity of age or sex between the assailant and person assaulted. AGGRAVATION (Lat. ad, to, and gr

among many other offenses, "a drug trafficking crime (as defined in [ 18 U. S. C. §924 (c)])." §1101(a)(43)(B).

— "(A) murder, rape, or sexual abuse of a minor; "(B) illicit trafficking in a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21), including a drug trafficking crime (as

the use of a weapon or the infliction of harm in the course of committing, attempting, or fleeing after one of a series of "theft offenses" defined by statute, including receiving

The term “aggravating” means, with respect to a health condition, a health condition that existed on September 11, 2001, and that, as a result of exposure to airborne toxins, any o

That which enhances the gravity of a criminal or tortious act; allegations in a declaration which tend to enhance damages. See 19 Vt. 107.

sum total," see Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 64 (9th ed. 1983), and its use therefore might suggest that Congress had in mind the outcome of adding up the interim payments.

the term “aggregate amount of covered transactions” means the amount of the covered transactions about to be engaged in added to the current amount of all outstanding covered trans

As used in subparagraph (A), the term “aggregate approved amount” means, for a hospital cost reporting period, the product of— (i) the hospital’s approved FTE resident amount (dete

See CORPORATION.

The term “aggregate customer information” means collective data that relates to a group or category of services or customers, from which individual customer identities and characte

That appellee's own contribution to the demand for wheat may be trivial by itself is not enough to remove him from the scope of federal regulation where, as here, his contribution,

The term "aggregate foreign cash position" means, with respect to any United States shareholder, the greater of— (i) the aggregate of such United States shareholder's pro

The term "aggregate foreign E&P deficit" means, with respect to any United States shareholder, the lesser of— (I) the aggregate of such shareholder's pro rata shares

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “aggregate gross assets” means the amount of cash and the aggregate adjusted bases of other property held by the corporation.

The 'aggregate income', to which paragraph 2 of Section 51[b] refers, is clearly the aggregate net income as it is the aggregate income on which 'the tax shall be computed'.

The term “aggregate lifetime limit” means, with respect to benefits under a group health plan, a dollar limitation on the total amount that may be paid with respect to such benefit

The term “aggregate payments for all discharges” means, for a hospital for an applicable period, the sum of the base operating DRG payment amounts for all discharges for all condit

The term “aggregate payments for excess readmissions” means, for a hospital for an applicable period, the sum, for applicable conditions (as defined in paragraph (5)(A)), of the pr

the sum total of the interim payments made pursuant to § 1395g.

The term “aggregate reported amount” means the aggregate amount of dividends reported by the company under clause (i) as capital gain dividends for the taxable year (including capi

The term "aggregate unused E&P deficit" means, with respect to any affiliated group, the lesser of— (I) the sum of the excesses described in subparagraph (C), determi

A meeting of minds. See "Agreement."

The mere aggregation of a number of old parts or elements which, in the aggregation, perform or produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or

The term “aggregation group” means— (I) each plan of the employer in which a key employee is a participant, and (II) each other plan of the employer which enables any plan describe

The term “aggregator” means any person that, in the ordinary course of its operations, makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its premises, for interstat

He who begins a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has been threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words.

Injuriously affected.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “aggrieved party” means a grievant.

“aggrieved person” means a person who was a party to any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or a person against whom the interception was directed; / “Aggrieved pe

no party to a decree can, by the general principles of equity, claim a reversal of a decree upon a bill of review, unless he has been aggrieved by it; whatever may have been his ri

In Saxon law. Free from penalty (sine mulcta vel compensatione), not pensation for an offense. Spelman; Cowell.

In Saxon law. An observer or informer. AGILLARIUS (Law Lat.) In old English law. A hayward, herdward, or keeper of the herd of cattle in a common field. Cowell.

A cowherd.

The terms “Aging and Disability Resource Center”, “area agency on aging”, and “State agency” have the meanings given those terms in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (

The term “aging individual” has the meaning given the term “older individual” in section 3002 of title 42 .

The term "aging infrastructure" means a water resources development project of the Corps of Engineers, or any other water resources, water storage, or irrigation project

The term “aging network” means the network of— (A) State agencies, area agencies on aging, title VI [subchapter X of this chapter] grantees, and the Administration; and (B) organiz

The term “aging research” means research on the aging process and on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders, and complications related to aging, including menopause. Su

The term “aging services technology” means health technology that meets the health care needs of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and the caregivers of such seniors and indi

A term used in commercial transactions to denote the difference of price between the value of bank notes or other nominal money and the coin of the country. 5 Mees. & W. 535.

From agis. Speculation in public securities.

I. fr. To lie. Agisant: lying.

In ancient law. To take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king's forest, and to collect the money due for the same to the king's use. Spelman; Cowell. In modern law. To ta

tn contracts, 1. The taking of other men’s cattle on one’s own ground at a certain rate. 2 Inst. 643.—2. The profit from such feeding or pasturage.

1. 1. In old English or feeding of cattle, especially in for repairing banks, dykes or lands benefited.

Agistment.

1 1 In old English law. to assign or apportion cattle to a a tax; to use for the purposes of cattle; to feed other animals; to

1. 1 In old English law. for the repairing of sea-walls. / receiver; a person who is at once it is done. piece of land or place in the councorresponding with area in a city; acre.

The drift or numbering of cattle in the forest

[L. Lat. irora agistare, q. v.] An officer of the forest who took account of cattle there agisted; sometimes called gy St- taker or guest- taker. Cowell. Crompt. Jur. fol. 146. 4 I

See "Agistment."

Officers appointed to look after cattle, etc. See Williams, Common, 232.

The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person so taking cattle to pasture is called an "agister." S

An officer who had the charge of cattle pastured for a certain stipulated sum in the king's forest and who collected the rates. Story, Bailm. § 443; Skinner v. Caughey, 64 Minn. 37

/. A hay-ward, herd-ward, the keeper of cattle in a common field.

Lat. [from agere, q. v.] A termination in the composition of Latin words, answering to the termination age, in English, signifying service or duty: as homagium, (servitium hominis,

adgnasci, I. In the civil law. To be born to one; to have issue after making a will.

Agnasci. Lat. [from ad, to, and nascor, nasci, to be born.] In the civil law. To be born to one; to have issue after making a will. Constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum; it is clea

In Scotch law. Relations on the father's side.

agnati, adguati, I. In the civil law. Belations upon the side of the father. These include cognati, but not e converso.

In civil law. The members of a Roman family who traced their origfin and name to a common deceased ancestor through the male line, under whose paternal power they would be if he we

Derived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 236. Especially spoken of the children of a free father and slave mother. The rule in such cases was agnatio sequitur ventrem. Du Cange.

Lat. [from agnatio, q. v.] In the civil law. Relationship on the father's side; agnation. Agnatio a patre est. Inst. 3. 5. 4. Id. 3. 6. 6. Birth, especially after a will; an additi

Agnation.

Relationship on the father's side. See "Agnates."'* AGNOMEN (Lat.) A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roma

I fr. To acknowledge. Aguise, agnize: acknowledge.

A popular appellation often appended to one’s true name. Agrarian. Pertaining to land.

A surname; an additional name or title; agnomen.

Lat. Lamb of God. A piece of white wax, in a flat, oval form, like a small cake, stamped with the figure of a lamb, and consecrated by the pope. Cowell.

Relating to land or to a division or distribution of land; as an agrarian law.

In Roman law. Those laws by which the commonwealth disposed of its public land, or regulated the possession thereof by individuals, were termed "Agrarian Laws." The greater part of

A tax upon or tribute payable out of land.