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By grace; not of right. Also written ex gratia. A LATERE (Lat. laius, side). In Respect to Property Rights. (1) Collateral. Used in this sense in speaking of the succession to prop

Agreement. Spelman says that it is equivalent in meaning to aggregatio mentium, though not derived therefrom. AGREEMENT (from Lat. aggregatio mentium). A coming together of parties

To agree.

To concur with or assent. Thornton v. Kelly, 11 R. I. 498; to promise or engage; Packard v. Richardson, 17 Mass. 122, 9 Am. Dec. 123; to contract; Mc Kisick v. Mc Kisick, 6 Meigs (

In Scotch law. Agreement; an agreement or contract

Settled or established by agreement. This word in a deed creates a covenant. This word is a technical term, and it is synonymous with "contracted," McKisick v. McKisick, Meigs (Ten

The term "agreed accounting standards" means modified accrual accounting standards or, for any period during which the Oversight Board determines in its sole discretion t

See Agreed

The statement of facts on which this court will inquire, if there is or is not error in the application of the law to them, is a statement of the ultimate facts or propositions whi

the concordats or treaties between the holy See and the Spanish Crown, which recognize the right of the church to possess and acquire property.

The policy agreement valuing the cargo at a specified amount is not a representation, or so regarded. It is no more than a stipulation in effect, that for purposes of computation o

deeds and instruments conveying real estate, and wills as well as contracts between parties.

The term “Agreement Area” means the area within a perimeter determined as follows: From the point on the mainland where the parallel of 40 degrees north latitude intersects the coa

It is unquestionably true in the abstract, that a certificate of survey is not legal evidence; because the examination of the surveyors themselves would be better. But parties may

The term “Agreement country” means a foreign country that has accepted the Agreement.

The term “agreement for cooperation” means any agreement with another nation or regional defense organization authorized or permitted by sections 2074, 2077, 2094, 2112, 2121(c), 2

An agreement often made in short terms preliminary to the filling out and delivery of a policy with the specific stipulations. Such an agreement, specifying the rate of premium, th

The term "Agreement on Agriculture" means the Agreement on Agriculture referred to in section 3511(d)(2) of this title. / The term “Agreement on Agriculture” means the ag

The term “Agreement on Safeguards” means the agreement referred to in section 3511(d)(13) of this title .

The terms “Antidumping Agreement”, “Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures”, and “Safeguards Agreement” mean the agreements referred to in section 3511(d)(7), (12), and

The term “Agreement on Textiles and Clothing” means the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 3511(d)(4) of this title .

The term “agreement State” means a State that— (A) has entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2021 of this title ; and (B) has authority to

although the endorser has received due notice of the dishonour of the bill, yet, if the holder afterwards enters into any new agreement with the drawer for delay, in any manner cha

The agreement having been fully and satisfactorily established by this witness, the question arises, whether there are any circumstances or other testimony disclosed in the case wh

there is a well-settled distinction between an agreement to indemnify and an agreement to pay. In the latter case, a recovery may be had as soon as there is a breach of the contrac

The common law must therefore determine the question; and under that law, a promise for a valuable consideration to make a policy of insurance is no more required to be in writing

It is a grant of authority by customer to broker, by principal to agent, revocable till executed, like agencies in general. There was no agreement to sell till the selling broker a

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “agreement vessel” includes barges and containers which are part of the complement of such vessel and which are provided for in the agreemen

or AGGREER (Law Fr.) In Old Practice. To agree. ——In French Marine Law. To rig or equip a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1.

fr. In French maritime law. To rig or equip a veeseL Agrez: the Hgging or tackle of a vessel.

The word "agrees" used in a contract ex vi termini, means that it is the agreement of both parties, both concurring on the point, whether both sign or not. 27 111. App. 231. AGREZ

Fr. In French marine law. The rigging or tackle of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art 1; Id. tit 11, art 2; Id. liv. 3, tit. 1, art 11.

Arable lands in common fields.

The term “agri-biodiesel” means biodiesel derived solely from virgin oils, including esters derived from virgin vegetable oils from corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds, ca

The term “agribusiness” includes a producer or organization engaged in an agricultural enterprise with a profit motive.

presently tillable' or 'presently fit for the plough'.

The term “Agricultural Act of 1949” means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), as in effect on the day before October 22, 2004. / Except in section 7301 of this ti

The term “Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938” means the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.), as in effect on the day before October 22, 2004.

The term “agricultural association” means any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, or ranchers, incorporated or qualified under applicable State law, which rec

the term “agricultural bank” means a bank— (i) the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) which is located in an area the economy of which

The term “agricultural biosecurity” means protection from an agent that poses a threat to— (A) plant or animal health; (B) public health as it relates to the adulteration of produc

[T]he exemption was lost not by incidental or preliminary processing but by manufacturing... [W]here the commodity retains a continuing substantial identity through the processing

In this section, the term “agricultural commodity” means an agricultural commodity, or a product of an agricultural commodity, that— (1) is produced in the United States; or (2) (A

The term “agricultural countermeasure”— (A) means a product, practice, or technology that is intended to enhance or maintain the agricultural biosecurity of the United States; and

The term “agricultural disease” has the meaning given the term by the Secretary.

The term “agricultural disease emergency” means an incident of agricultural disease that requires prompt action to prevent significant damage to people, plants, or animals.

The term “agricultural employer” means any person who owns or operates a farm, ranch, processing establishment, cannery, gin, packing shed or nursery, or who produces or conditions

The term “agricultural employment” means employment in any service or activity included within the provisions of section 3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 20

The term “agricultural enterprise” has the meaning given the term in section 647(b) of this title .

As used in this chapter, the term “agricultural enterprises” means those small business concerns engaged in the production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aq

The terms “agricultural grain” and “grain” mean any agricultural commodity (A) that is suitable for processing into alcohol for use as a fuel, and (B) with respect to which a price

Land cultivated for profit in some way. Within the meaning of the English Agricultural Holdings act of 1SS3, the term will not include natural grass lands. Such lands are pastoral

The term “agricultural inputs” includes all farm management, agronomic, and field-applied agricultural production inputs, such as machinery, labor, time, fuel, irrigation water, co

For purposes of this chapter, the term “agricultural labor” includes all service performed— (1) on a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil, or

the term “agricultural land” means any land located in one or more States and used for agricultural, forestry, or timber production purposes as determined by the Secretary under re

The term "agricultural land easement" means an easement or other interest in eligible land that— (A) is conveyed for the purpose of protecting natural resources and the a

“agricultural lands” means lands designated as agricultural lands pursuant to section 544d of this title ;

A statutory lien in some states to secure money or supplies advanced to an agriculturist to be expended or employed in the making of a crop and attaching to that crop only. Clark v

The term “agricultural livestock” includes bovine, swine, poultry, and sheep.

The term “agricultural livestock waste nutrients” means agricultural livestock manure and litter, including wood shavings, straw, rice hulls, and other bedding material for the dis

the question as to whether a particular type of activity is agricultural is not determined by the necessity of the activity to agriculture nor by the physical similarity of the act

The term “agricultural operation” means all eligible land, whether or not contiguous, that is— (A) under the effective control of a producer at the time the producer enters into a

The term "agricultural pilot program" means a pilot program to study the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp— (A) in States that permit the growth or cul

The term “agricultural product” means any fresh fruit or vegetable or any commodity or product derived from livestock or fowl, that is marketed in the United States for human consu

When used in this chapter, the term “agricultural products” includes agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, livestock and poultry, bees, forest products, fi

The term “agricultural program” means— (A) any program administered under the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); (B) any program administered under section 1431 of title

The term “agricultural purposes” includes the production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation, processing, or manufacture of agricultural products by a natural person wh

The term “agricultural real estate” means— (A) a parcel or parcels of land, or a building or structure affixed to the parcel or parcels, that— (i) is used for the production of one

The term “agricultural research” means research in the food and agricultural sciences.

The term “agricultural research facility” means a proposed facility for research in food and agricultural sciences for which Federal funds are requested by an entity eligible to re

The term “agricultural resource” means— (A) all the primary means of production, including the land, soil, water, air, plant communities, watersheds, human resources, natural and p

The term “agricultural resource management plan” means a plan developed under section 3711(b) of this title.

the term “agricultural resources intern” means an Indian who— (i) is attending an approved postsecondary school in a full-time agriculture or related field, and (ii) is appointed t

the term “agricultural resources intern positions” means positions established pursuant to paragraph (1) for agricultural resources interns; and

“Agricultural seeds” shall mean grass, forage, and field crop seeds which the Secretary of Agriculture finds are used for seeding purposes in the United States and which he lists i

One for the promotion of agricultural interests, such as the improvement of land, breeds of cattle, etc. Downing v. State Board of Agriculture, 129 Ind. 443, 28 N. E. 123. 614, 12

the term “agricultural structure” means any structure used exclusively in connection with the production, harvesting, storage, raising, or drying of agricultural commodities; and

In this subsection, the term “agricultural supply” includes— (A) a farm supply; and (B) (i) agriculture-related processing equipment; (ii) agriculture-related machinery; and (iii)

The term "agricultural technology" means machinery and other equipment engineered for an applicable and novel use in agriculture, natural resources, and food relating to

The term “agricultural vehicle” means any highway motor vehicle— (I) used primarily for farming purposes, and (II) registered (under the laws of the State in which such vehicle is

The term “agricultural water enhancement activity” includes the following activities carried out with respect to agricultural land: (A) Water quality or water conservation plan dev

farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultu

In this section, the term "agriculture and food defense" means any action to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, or recover from a naturally oc

In this section, the term "agriculture committees and subcommittees" means— (1) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (2) the Committee on Agricul

The term "agriculture or forestry credit" means a credit representing an amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an agricultural or forestry activity that are prevented,

The term “agriculture risk coverage” means coverage provided under section 9017 of this title .

the term “agriculture study program” includes (but is not limited to) agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, animal science, biological sciences, geogr

As used in this subpart, the term “agriculturists” includes farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals who fish and others employed in cultivating and harvesting food r

In Roman law. Lands belonging to the state by right of conquest, and granted or sold in plots. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 98.

The term “agroterrorist act” means an act that— (A) causes or attempts to cause— (i) damage to agriculture; or (ii) injury to a person associated with agriculture; and (B) is commi

AGR Personnel Defined.—In this section, the term “AGR personnel” means members of the Air Force Reserve who are on active duty (other than for training) in connection with organizi

In ancient customs, a fee, due from the vassals to their lord for sharpening their plowing tackle.

Uneompensated, unpaid for, unavenged. From the participle of exclusion, @, @, or ex, (Goth.,) and gild, payment, requital. Anc. Inst. Eng. ZL. A Norman French term signifying “pran

By or from an unwilling party. A transfer ab invito is a compulsory transfer.

A breaking made out by construction of law. As where a burglar gains anentry into a house by threats, fraud, or conspiracy. 2 Russ. Crimes, 9, 10.

In Old European Law. A kind of oath among the Bavarians. Spelman. — ^In Saxon Law. One bound by oath, (q. V.); "oath-tied." From ath, oath, and tied. Spelman.

The term “artificial intelligence” or “AI” has the meaning given such term in section 9401 of title 15 .

[t]o help" or "assist." A summons that may not itself reveal taxpayer assets that can be collected may nonetheless help the IRS fnd such assets.

In order to aid and abet another to commit a crime it is necessary that a defendant 'in some sort associate himself with the venture, that he participate in it as in something that

Help; support; assistance; counsel; encouragement. The constitution of. the United States (article 3, § 3) declares that adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them a