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A formal written allegation of the causes for impeachment; answering the same office as ,an indictment in an ordinary criminal proceeding.

The papers drawn up by or on behalf of the incorporators of a proposed corporation to be presented for approval to some of Bcer or court.

A written agreement by which the parties enter into a partnership upon the conditions therein mentioned. These ate to be distinguished from agreements to enter into a partnership a

The "Thirty- Nine Articles" of religious dogma drawn up in the reign of James I, and approved by him.

In Scotch law. The conditions under which property is offered for sale at auction. Peterson, Comp.

In Scotch law. An agreement for a lease. Paterson, Comp.

See "Articuli Cleri."

A system of rules for the government of the navy.

A complaint made before a court of competent jurisdiction by one who has just cause to fear that an injury to his person or property is about to be committed or caused by the party

A complaint made or exhibited to a court by a person who makes oath that he isin fear of death or bodily harm from someone who has ‘threatened or attempted to do him injury. The co

The compact of 1707 uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland. See 1 Bl. Comm. 96.

The code of laws established for the government of the army. The term is used in this sense both in England and the United States. The term also includes the code established for t

In Scotch law. Separate adjudication for each of several claims of a creditor. It is so made in order that a mistake in accumulating one debt need not affect. the proceedings on ot

Article by article; by distinct clauses or articles; by separate propositions.

The term “articulation agreement” means a written commitment— (A) that is agreed upon at the State level or approved annually by the lead administrators of— (i) a secondary institu

Articles.

Articles of the clergy; the title of a statute passed in the ninth year of Edw. II. to adjust questions of cognizance between the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. 2 Reeve, Hist.

Articles concerning money, or the currency. The title of a statute passed in the twentieth year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 228; Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law (Am. Ed.) 167.

The preliminary articles, forty-nine in number, upon which the Magna Charta was founded.

The preliminary articles, forty-nine in number, upon which the Magna Charta was founded.

The preliminary articles, forty-nine in number, upon which the Magna Ghttrta was founded

St. 28 Edward I. st. 3, confirming and enlarging Magna Charta, and the Cha/rta de Foresta. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 103, 233.

See "In Articulo Mortis."

An article; a part; a point.

1. Pertaining to an art, trade, or profession; technical. See Art, 2, 3. Artificially. A will is said to be "artificially" or "inartificially" drawn, according as it employs or doe

See Communication, Privileged, 1; Deceit; Fraud.

One by whom something is made. 4 Strobh. (S. C.) 365. A skilled workman. 13 Q. B. Div. 832.

Persons whose employment or business consists chiefly of bodily labour. Those who are masters of their arts. Cunn. Dict. h. t. Vide Art. AS. The name of a kind of money among the R

Having Its existence In the given manner by virtue of or in consideration only of the law. An artificial person is a body, company, or corporation considered in law as an individua

One erected by man.

when any substance, although named as a possible ingredient of oleomargarine, substantially serves only the function of coloring the mass, and so as to cause the product to 'look l

The time between the rising and setting of the sun ; that is, day or day-time as distinguished from night.

In patent law. A natural force so transformed in character or energies by human power as to possess new capabilities of action; this transformation of a natural force into a force

The term "artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions infl

Technically; selen-tifically; using terms of art. A will or contract is described as "artificially" drawn if it is couched in apt and technical phrases and exhibits a scientific ar

Such as are created and devised by law for the purposes of society and government, called "corporations" or "bodies politic."

In the law of evidence. Presumptions (otherwise termed "legal") which derive from the law a technical or artificial operation and effect beyond their mere natural tendency to belie

The term “artificial reef” means a structure which is constructed or placed in waters covered under this chapter for the purpose of enhancing fishery resources and commercial and r

That attribute of a corporation by which, in contemplation of law, the company itself remnins always the same though its constituent members or stockholders may change from time to

See Watercourse.

The term “Artillery Impact Area” means that area within the Impact Area into which live projectiles are fired, which is generally described as that area labeled as such on the map

One skilled in some kind of mechanical craft or art; a skilled mechanic. O'Clair v. Hale, 25 Misc. Rep. 31, 54 N. Y. Supp. 386; Amazon Irr. Co. v. Briesen, 1 Kan. App. 758, 41 Pac.

The term “artist” means any individual if the personal efforts of such individual create (or may reasonably be expected to create) a picture, painting, sculpture, statue, etching,

In this paragraph, the term “artist payee” means a person, other than a person described in subparagraph (B), who owns the right to receive all or part of the receipts payable unde

Made by art; created by law; the opposite of naturaL Artificial persons: persons created by law for the purposes of society and government; as, a corporation. Artiflcial presumptio

The term “art material or art material product” shall mean any substance marketed or represented by the producer or repackager as suitable for use in any phase of the creation of a

no more than productions which convey ideas by words, pictures, or drawings.

The term “arts and sciences” means— (A) when referring to an organizational unit of an institution of higher education, any academic unit that offers one or more academic majors in

From the red title of a statute to the black body thereof.

Lat. [from arundo, a reed.] A place where reeds grow. Co. Litt. 4 b. Shep. Touch. 95.

A ploughing.

A feast or entertainment made at a funeral in the north of England; arvtt bread is bread delivered to the poor at funeral solemnities, and arvil, arval or arfal, the burial or fune

Lat. In the Roman and civil law. A pound weight; and a coin originally weighing a pound, (called also "libra;") divided into twelve parts, called "unciæ." Any integral sum, subject

The crime is statutory, and consists generally in inducing an unmarried female of previous chaste character to submit to sexual intercourse by promise of marriage, or, in some stat

considering whether the conflicted trustee "is "acting "from an improper motive" so as to "further some interest of his own or of a person other than the beneficiary." "Id., "§ 187

the description last antecedent, that is, in the county where the lands lie.

These words contrast the relative position of two persons, with a tacit reference to a different relationship between one of them and a third person. For instance, the temporary ba

I. fr. To wit; to say. v. Cest asaver.

The term “asbestos” means asbestiform varieties of— (A) chrysotile (serpentine), (B) crocidolite (riebeckite), (C) amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), (D) anthophyllite, (E) tremoli

The term “asbestos-containing material” means any material which contains more than 1 percent asbestos by weight.

assarer, asaver, a sayer, I. fr. To be understood; to wit V. Assaver; Cest ascavoir.

I. fr. To certify or make known.

To go np; to pass up or upwards ; to go or pass in the ascending line. 4 Kent, Com 393, 397.

An ancestor from whom one is descended.

Those from whom a person is descended, or from whom he derives his birth, however remote they may be. See Consanguinity. Every one has two ascendants at the first degree, his fathe

To ascend; to go up or upwards; line of kindred. In the civil law, the form scent.

In Spanish law. Ascendants; ascending heirs; heirs in the ascending line. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 7, c. 3, note; Schmidt, Civ. Law, 259.

Passage upwards; the transmission of an estate from the ancostor to the heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent, Co.min. 393, 307.

Passage upwards; the passing of an ascending line.

To make certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt or chance; to make sure of; fix; to determine. 246 III. 229. To make sure or certain; fix; to establish; to determine; to

Knowing.

The term “ASC proportion” means 25 percent for cost reporting periods beginning in fiscal year 1988, 50 percent for portions of cost reporting periods beginning on or after October

I. In old English law. A species in ancient demesne, v. Adscriptitii.

In Roman law, naturalized foreigners.

One enrolled; foreigners who have been enrolled. Among the Romans, ascriptitii were foreigners who had been naturalized, and who had in general the same rights as natives. Nov. 22,

I. Enrolled; registered, v. Adscriptus.

Lat. A secretary; one having charge of private matters, or secrets of state. A name anciently given to a chancellor. Hincmar, Epist. 3, c. 16; Spelman, Voc. Cancellarius.

the term “as expeditiously as possible” means that the Administrator shall, to the greatest extent practicable, complete a review and evaluation of all data, submitted with a compl

the term “as expeditiously as practicable” means as expeditiously as practicable but in no event later than five years after the date of approval of a plan revision under this sect

The term "asexually reproduced" means produced by a method of plant propagation using vegetative material (other than seed) from a single parent, including cuttings, graf

The term "Ashanti Alert" means an alert issued through the Ashanti Alert communications network, related to a missing adult.

The term “Ashanti Alert communications network” means the national communications network established by the Attorney General under section 21902(a) of this title .

The term “Ashanti Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice” or “Coordinator” means the employee designated by the Attorney General to act as the national coordinator of the A

The term "Ashanti Alert plan" means a local element of the Ashanti Alert communications network.

The term “ASHRAE” means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. / The term “ASHRAE” means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, an

The term “Asian American” has the meaning given the term “Asian” in the Office of Management and Budget's Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race

The term “Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution” has the meaning given the term in section 1059g of title 20. / The term “Asian American and Nativ

as in similar cases from other courts.

in our judgment the normal or usual flow of the river from year to year.

The term “ASME” means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

A statute providing that procedure in a named case shall conform "as near as may be" to those in another named case does not mean "as near as may be possible," or "as near as may b

the 'as nearly as practicable' standard requires that the State make a good-faith effort to achieve precise mathematical equality. The command of Art. I § 2, that States create con

The term “as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce the transaction” means— (A) the disclosure is required, or is a usual, appropriate, or acceptable method, to carry out the

Ift practice and pleading. A term applied to proceedings, and to rights or estates, expressive of sameness of 'legal character, effect or operation; given in the way of relation, (

asone, I. fr. Essoin, v. Essoin.

View of possibility. A pleading "with a double aspect" is one based on alternative hypotheses of fact.

A remainder is said to be “in a contingency with double aspect,” when there is another remainder limited on the same estate, not in derogation of the first, but asa substitute for

In medical jurisprudence. A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and arteries; swooning; fainting.

To carry away.

Carrying away. A common-law ingredient of larceny. "There must be such a caption that the accused acquires dominion over the property, followed by such an asportation or carrying a