Law Dictionary

ausinc, aussin, ausoys, ausieu, I. fr. Also

The term “ANSI standard” means a standard developed by a committee accredited by the American National Standards Institute.

In medical Jurisprudence. (1) Loss of sensation or insensibility to pain, general or local, induced by the administration or application of certain drugs such as ether, nitrous oxi

— —In Equity Pleading. A defense in writing, made by a defendant to the charges contained in a bill or information filed by the plaintiff against him in a court of equity. In Code

If a Defendant asserts a fact which is not and cannot be within his own knowledge, the nature of his testimony cannot be changed by the positiveness of his assertion.

The general rule which prevails in chancery is that the answer of one defendant cannot be used as evidence against his co-defendant; and it is the opinion of the court that this ca

There is antagonism whenever the management is aligned against the stockholder and defends a course of conduct which he attacks. ... Whenever the management refuses to take action

I. fr. As much; so much; like as.

A signed acknowledgment of a debt by which the debtor is bound.

the term “Antarctica” means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude; / The term “Antarctica” means the area south of the Antarctic Convergence as defined in section 2432(1) of

The term “Antarctic Convergence” means a line joining the following points along the parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude: 50 degrees south, 0 degrees; 50 degrees south

For the purposes of this subsection, the term “Antarctic joint activity” means any Federal activity in Antarctica which is proposed to be conducted, or which is conducted, jointly

The term “Antarctic marine living resources” means the population of finfish, molluscs, crustaceans and all other species of living organisms, including birds, found south of the A

The term “Antarctic mineral resource activity” means prospecting, exploration, or development in Antarctica of mineral resources, but does not include scientific research within th

“Antarctic Protocol” means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in Madrid, and all annexes thereto, and includes any future ame

the term “Antarctic Specially Protected Area” means an area identified as such pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol;

Before.

Lat. Formerly; heretofore.

I Going before; antecedent v. Ad proximum, etc.; Ex antecedentibus, etc. '

An ancestor (g. v.)

To put a date to an Instrument of a time before the time it was written. ANTENATI (Lat. bom before). Those bbrn in a country before a change in its political condition such as to a

To date back.

Before the exhibition of the bill; before suit begun.

or ANTE GE8TUM. Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.

Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.

A former act.

or JURAMENtum calumnlae (Lat.) The oath formerly required of the parties previous to a suit, — of the plaintiff that he would prosecute, and of the defendant that he was innocent.

Before the filing of the suit.

Those born prior to a great political event; those born here before the Declaration of Independence.

I. I. Born before; that is, before another person; born be-

Born before. A person born before another person or before a particular event. The term is particularly applied to one boro in a country before a revolution, change of government o

Lat. From ante and netus. Born before. A person born before another person or before a particular event. The term is particularly applied to one born in a country before a revoluti

The term "antenna structure project"— (A) means a project to construct a structure located within two nautical miles of the geographic center of any intercontinental ball

Before marriage; before marriage, with a view to entering into marriage.

Before marriage.

One made before marriage.

Before sunset.

Before all other things.

In right of another, e. pr., a trustee holds trust property in right of his cestui que trust. A prochein amy sues in right of an infant. 2 BL Comm. 176.

The act or mode of authenticating, first of the wife of the sister or daughter of an the empress or queen ia to the laws. A hall, or court; the house; the usual apin the modern sen

1. In the civil law. An original instrument or writing; the original of a will or other instrument

_ obsolete.— When a man was accused of an offence, and he endeavoured to discharge himself of the fact by recriminating and charging the accuser with the same fact, he was called a

“anthracite” means coals with a volatile ratio equal to 0.12 or less;

The term "anthropogenic cause" means an anthropogenic event, such as an oil spill or spillway opening— (i) that could not have been addressed or prevented by fishery mana

A word given by a French savant, Alphonse Bertillon, to a system of identification depending on the unchanging character of certain measurements of parts of the human frame. It was

any drug intended for use by man containing any quantity of any chemical substance which is produced by a microorganism and which has the capacity to inhibit or destroy microorgani

In Civil Law. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the income from the property which he has pledged, in lieu of the interest on his debt. Guyot, Rupert.; Story B

A Roman pledge under which the lender took the use of the property in lieu of interest.

“Anticipated cost of removal” means the projected cost of removal of wood residues from timber sales areas to points of prospective use, as determined by the Secretary at the time

In a number of cases where this Court has allowed recovery for the loss of anticipated profits, it has emphasized its finding of a demonstrated willingness, readiness and capacity,

“Anticipated value” means the projected value of wood residues as fuel or other merchantable wood products, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timbe

I. In the civil law. A taking or assuming beforehand; the taking of a thing for true, without proof; anticipation.

The premature doing of an act.

the statute could tax salaries to those who earned them and provide that the tax could not be escaped by anticipatory arrangements and contracts however skilfully devised to preven

the power to dispose of income is the equivalent of ownership of it and that the exercise of the power to procure its payment to another, whether to pay a debt or to make a gift, i

There was thus an anticipatory breach by the company, which entitled the government to relet the uncompleted part of the work.

in general, when one party, by his fault, prevents the other party to a contract from entitling himself to a benefit under it according to its terms, the former is liable for the v

As a rule, where a party bound by an executory contract repudiates his obligations or disables himself from performing them before the time for performance, the promisee has the op

There is, in our jurisprudence, no doctrine of 'anticipatory contempt.' The offense of contempt of Congress matures only when the witness is called to appear before the committee t

For purposes of this subsection, the term “anti-deficiency law” means the law of any State which provides that, in the event of foreclosure on the residential property of a consume

The term "anti-doping organization" has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention.

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 "antidumping duties" means antidumping duties imposed under section 1673 of this title or under the Antidumping Act, 1921 (title II of the Act of May 27, 1921; 4

The term “antifouling paint” means a coating, paint, or treatment that is applied to a vessel to control fresh water or marine fouling organisms.

The term “antifouling system” means a coating, paint, surface treatment, surface, or device that is used or intended to be used on a vessel to control or prevent attachment of unwa

A copy.

gr.-l. In the Roman law. An officer whose duty it was to have oversight over the money collected by the tax-gatherers; a controller.

In the Roman law. An officer whose duty it was to keep an eye over the money which the tax gatherers collected for the use of the state. A controller or supervisor of public moneys

A copy or counterpart of a deed.

The term “Antigua Convention” means the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the 1949 Convention Between the United States

a suit will not lie to restrain the collection of a tax upon the sole ground of its illegality. The principal reason is that, as courts are without authority to apportion or equali

The declaration of the reasons which one of the belligerents publishes, to show that the war as to him is defensive. Wolffius, § 1187. ANTICHRESIS (Lat.) In civil law. An agreement

The term “antimicrobial drug” means, subject to subparagraph (B), a systemic antibacterial or antifungal drug that— (i) is intended for human use in the treatment of a disease or c

The term “antimicrobial pesticide” means a pesticide that— (A) is intended to— (i) disinfect, sanitize, reduce, or mitigate growth or development of microbiological organisms; or (

The term "antimicrobial susceptibility testing device" means a device that utilizes susceptibility test interpretive criteria to determine and report the in vitro suscept

In Roman law. A real or apparent contradiction or inconsistency in the Jaws. Merlin, Repert. It is sometimes used as an English word, and spelled "Antinomy." ANTIQUA CUSTUMA (Law L

A term used in logic and law to denote a real or apparent inconsistency or conflict between two authorities or propositions; same as antinomia, (q. v.)

medications such as Thorazine, Mellaril, Prolixin, and Haldol that are used in treating psychoses, especially schizophrenia.

I. I, In old English law. Ancient demesne. Opposed to novum perquisitunp or new purchase.

I. I. In old English law. Ancient customs; customs on wool, leather, eta, granted to Edward I. in the third year of his reign. ^

Certain statutory duties on wool and leather.

In the Roman law. To restore a former law or practice; to reject or vote against a new law; to prefer the old law. Those who voted against a proposed law wrote on their ballots the

English statutes from the time of Richard I. to Edward III.

The term “antique firearm” means— (A) any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before

Of divers rules of the ancient law. A celebrated title of the Digests, and the last in that collection. It consists of two bundred and eleven rules or maxims. Dig. 50, 1%.

I. In the civil law. Ancient or former law.

The act of June 8, 190G, provides for the punishment of any person who shall injure or destroy, etc., any historic or prehistoric ruin, or object of antiquity, on any government la

In old English law. Ancient demesne, contrasted with novum perquiaitum, new purchase or acquest. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 71, § 15.

The reason for the rule at common law disqualifying the wife is to protect the sanctity and tranquility of the marital relationship. When the good faith of the marital relation is

I. I. In old English law. A monastery.

“anti-theft device” means a device to reduce or deter theft that— (A) is in addition to the theft-deterrent devices required by motor vehicle safety standard numbered 114 in sectio

In old English law. A man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. He differs from an approver in this, that

Federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies. See U. S. v. Knight Co., 156 U. S. 1, 15 Sup. Ct. 249, 39 L. Ed. 325; Restraint of

“Antitrust Acts” means the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies”, approved July 2, 1890; also sections 73 to 76, inclusive,

The term "Antitrust Division" means the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

In an equity suit, the end to be served is not punishment of past transgression, nor is it merely to end specific illegal practices. A public interest served by such civil suits is

The term “antitrust evidence” means information, testimony, statements, documents, or other things that are obtained in anticipation of, or during the course of, an investigation o

when a buyer shows that the price paid by him for materials purchased for use in his business is illegally high and also shows the amount of the overcharge, he has made out a prima

The term “antitrust investigation” means any inquiry conducted by any antitrust investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any antitr

The term “antitrust investigator” means any attorney or investigator employed by the Department of Justice who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any ant