Law Dictionary

I. U In the Saxon law. To violate; to transgress.

In civil and old English law. An apostate. Code, 1. 7; Reg. Orig. 71b.

An obsolete English writ which issued against an apostate, or one who had violated the rules of his religious order. It was addressed to the sheriff, and commanded him to deliver t

From a subsequent viewpoint.

I. Jr. To write notes on.

Appostille. L. Fr. An addition; a marginal note or observation. Kelham.

3 In English admiralty practice the copy of the record in an appealed case which is sent to the appellate tribunal.

Brief letters of dismissal granted to a party who takes an appeal from the decision of an English court of admiralty, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transm

Iif civil law. Certificates of the inferior judge from whom a cause is removed, directed to the superior. Dig. 49. 6. See "Apostles." Those sent as messengers. Spelman.

A messenger; an ambassador, legate, or nuncio. Spelman.

In the civil law. A repository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, books, etc. Calv. Lex. APPARATOR (Law Lat.) One who furnishes or provides. A sheriff was formerly styled in Eng

I Stewards. The word is used in old records.

One who makes a business of compounding and selling drugs. See 72 Ky. 569.

The term “Appalachian region” means that area of the eastern United States consisting of the following counties (including any political subdivision located within the area): (A) I

I I In old French law. A provision for younger sons. V. Apanage.

I fr., Apparentia, apparitio, I I Appearance; an appearanca Apparitio in jndicio: an appearance in court

A process server of the ecclesiastical courts.

See Appendage; Process, 2.

external clothing, external habiliments or array, and a person's outer clothing.

L, Apparent Manifest; proved; appearing; that which is regularly before a court Apparent heir: in English law one whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, if he outlives the anc

That which appears; that which is manifest; what is proved. It is required that all things upon which a court must pass should be made to appear, if matter in pais, under oath; if

Where one, without objection, suffers another to do acts which proceed upon the ground of authority from him, or by his conduct adopts and sanctions such acts after they are done,

That degree of peril of death or great bodily harm which will justify the killing of an assailant in self-defense. The danger need not be real, but must be sufficient to cause a re

In a thing sold, those which can be discovered by simple inspection. Code La. art. 2497. APPARENT (or CONTINUOUS) EASEmerit. One depending on some artificial structure or natural f

those which can be discovered by simple inspection. Co.de La. art 2407. — Apparent easement . See Easement. — Apparent heir . In English law. One whose right of inheritance is inde

See Easement.

One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 208. In Scotch Law. One who is entitled to enter heir to a deceased ancestor, before a

Lat. [from apparere, q. v.] In old practice. An appearance. Rast. Entr. 347. See Comparentia.

The term “apparently fit grocery product” means a grocery product that meets all quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal, State, and local laws and regulations even thoug

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “apparently wholesome food” has the meaning given to such term by section 22(b)(2) of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

Of a negotiable instrument. The time when, by its face, it will fall due. APPARITOR (Lat.). An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England

To appear.

apares, 1. In the canon lau). Peers or compeers; equals; associates. \ In ecclesiastical law. A summoner; one who cites offenders to appear and serves the process of the court.

apparoer, apparoier, I fr. To appear; tO' make known.

An appearance.

See Apparator .

In old English law. Resemblance; likelihood, as apparlement of war. St. 2 Rich. II. St. 1, c. 6; Cowell. APPARURA (Lat.) In old English law. Furniture or implements. Carucariae app

Apparoer, Apparoier, L. Fr. To appear, to make known. Kelham*

Furniture; implements.

I fr. In old English law. Places which agreed to pay a sum of money to the enemy that the town might not be ravaged.

appay, apay, 1. fr. Satisfied; contented. AppeaL A complaint and removal of a cause to a higher court for error or informality, for the purpose of re-examination or review. In the

The court of last resort in the state of Mississippi.

as in England, with appeal from the latter to the House of Lords; and law and equity are concurrently administered. TV. American Courts. 103. Courts of the United States. They have

An appeal is not a new suit in the appellate court, but a continuation of the suit in the court below, a proceeding in the original cause, and the suit is pending until the appeal

[Fr. appel.] In old French law. A mode of proceeding in the lords' courts, where a party was dissatisfied with the judgment of the peers, which was by accusing them of having given

[L. Lat. appellum; L. Fr. appel, from appeller, to call upon, or challenge.] In old English criminal law. A proceeding in the nature of a criminal prosecution, being an accusation

the mere direction of the court to the witnesses to answer the questions put to them and to produce the written evidence in their possession is not a final decision; ... it more ap

The bond given on taking an appeal, by which the appellant binds himself to pay damages and costs if he fails to prosecute the appeal with effect. Omaha Hotel Co., v. Kountze, 107

In a sense not strictly technical, this word may be used bo signify the exercise by a party of the right to remove a litigation from one forum to another; as where he removes a sui

But the answer to the objection is, that the suit in the district court is to be regarded as an original proceeding; the removal of the transcript, papers, and evidence into it fro

As there was no action by the district court, except the entry of the mandate upon its records, the appeal brings before us only, that which was transmitted to the district court b

The majority of the court is clearly of opinion, that in admiralty cases an appeal suspends the sentence altogether; and that it is not res adjudicata until the final sentence of t

An old English proceeding in the nature of a private prosecution wherein a relative of the injured or deceased person was usually the plaintiff or appellant.

a narcotic drug by statute, Ky.Rev.Stat. § 218.010(14) (1962), and that unlicensed possession or compounding of it is a felony punishable by both fine and imprisonment.

the appeal was taken, in the sense of the act, when the defeated party in the Court of Claims signified, by his motion for the allowance of an appeal, his desire to take one

The limitation has the same effect as if written in the statute, and the allowance of an appeal on certificate cannot operate as an adjudication that it is taken in time. ... No ap

qualities of the material itself: the capacity to attract individuals eager for a forbidden look.

An appeal brings up questions of fact as well as of law, but upon a writ of error only questions of law apparent on the record can be considered, and there can be no inquiry whethe

See Apparent Heir .

Under statute requiring firm name to appear conspicuously on place of business, word means obvious and manifest. See Ann. Cas. 1913B, 913.

In practice. A coming into court as party to a suit, whether as plaintiff or defendant. The formal proceeding by which a defendant submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court.

Persons by becoming suitors do not place themselves for all purposes under the control of the court.

This term and "appearance by counsel" are distinctly different, the former being the substitution of a legal agent for the personal attendance of the suitor, the latter the attenda

The day on which an appearance is required.

A docket kept by the clerk of the court, in which appearances are entered, containing also a brief abstract of all the proceedings in the cause.

justice must satisfy the appearance of justice.

An apparent heir (g. V.) APPEL (Law Fr.; Law Lat. appellum). In old English law. An appeal. Britt. c. 22. See "Appeal."

apeaus, /. fr. Appeals.

2 A learner: a spec of servant usually "bound" for a term years, by indenture, to serve his master a be maintained and instructed by him.' One bound to service for a term of ye: in

One thing may appertain to another without adjoining or touching it. "Proof that pieces of land adjoin would not be proof that one appertained to the other." As a descriptive word

Fr. [L. Lat. appellum:\ In old English law. An, appeal. Britt, c. 22. See Appeal. In old French law. A challenge. Esprit des Lois, liv. 28, c. 27.

L I. One who appeals or prosecutes an appeal; an appellant; an accuser or challenger.

Lat [from appellare, q. v.] An appellant, one who appeals or prosecutes an appeal; an accuser or challenger. Bract: to\, 137, 138.

The term “appellant” means a participant who appeals an adverse decision in accordance with this subchapter.

the main of general transmission and transformation properties, and local distributing plants.

Lat. To appeal or accuse. Appellare de facto: to appeal one of fact (that is, as principal). Appellare de fortia: to appeal of force (that is, as an accessory). In the civil law. T

Lat. In old practice. To appeal or accuse. A. appellat B. de morte C, fratris sui; A. appeals B. of the death of C, his brother. Bract. foL 138. Appellare de facto; to appeal one o

In practice. Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals.

the terms “dispute settlement panel” and “Appellate Body” have the meanings given those terms in section 3531 of this title . / The term “Appellate Body” means the Appellate Body e

A court having jurisdiction of appeal and review; a court to which causes are removable by appeal, certiorari, or error.

in all cases where a Circuit Court of the United States has, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, caused a prisoner to be brought before it, and has, after inquiring into

It is the essential criterion of appellate jurisdiction, that it revises and corrects the proceedings in a cause already instituted, and does not create that case.

The district court, as a court of original jurisdiction, has general jurisdiction of all causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, without reference to the sum or value of the

The appellate jurisdiction of this Court, in cases decided in the State Courts, is very special and limited in its character... We can re-examine so much, and such parts of it only

This court has no jurisdiction, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, but in a case where a final judgment or decree has been rendered in the highest court of law or

In order to give this court jurisdiction, under the 25th section of the act of 1789, it is not sufficient, that the construction of the act of congress, or the validity of the righ

The appellate power, it will be observed, is conferred on this court in all cases or suits in which such a question shall arise. It is not confined to suits in the inferior courts

The question before an appellate Court is, was the judgment correct, not the ground on which the judgment professes to proceed.

An appeal.

An old law term having the same meaning as "appellant," (q. v.) In the civil law, the term was applied to the judge ad quem, or to whom an appeal was taken. Calvin.

I. In old practice, one who is appealed, or against whom an appeal is made; the party accused by an appeal, an appellea In the civil law. The judge to whom an appeal was taken.

Lat. [iromappeU /are, (q. v.); L. Fr. appelle.'] In old practice. An appellee; one who is appealed, or against whom an appeal is made; the party accused by an appeal. Olanv. lib. 7

I. fr. In old practice, the party accused by the process of appeal. V. Appeal.

In practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken. APPELLO (Lat.) In the civil law. I appeal. The form of making an appeal apitd acta. Dig. 49. 1. 2.

appeler, I. fr. In old practice, to call; to call or summon before a judge; to appeal or accuse.

I appeal; the Roman law form of making an appeal.

A criminal who accuses his accomplices; one who challenges a jury. APPELLO UR (Law Fr.) In old practice. The party who brought an appeal; the plaintiff in an appeal. Britt. c. 22.

An appealing party.

I. I. In old practice, an appeal.