Law Dictionary

I. L In old English law. One goods.

He carried away. See "Asportation."

§1610 as a whole and contend that Congress more likely was referencing a specific provision within §1610 or a section in the NDAA.

American State Reports.

Abbreviation for Assize.

or ASSATH. In old Welsh law. of clearing one accused of homicide by the oaths of three hundred persons. The origin and exact meaning of the term is uncertain, and Mr. Barrington co

assay a, I. I. In old English law. An Assaia mensurarum et ponderum: the weights. V. Assisa, etc.

assayer, I. fr. To try or essay; to saiant: trying, essaying. Assay, assaye: in the ascending line. Ascendentes non the civil law the form is to pass in the ascending is adscendere

Lat. To assault. Spelnian. See Adsallire.

Lat. An assault. LL. Edw. Conf. c. 12. Spelman. Assultus is the Latin of the feudists. Zasius de Feudis, no. 38. Cowell. Insultus is the more common term.

or ESSART. In English forest and ecclesiastical law. The offense of pulling up by the roots the woods that are thickets and coverts for the deer, and making them clear as arable la

essart. In English law. An offense committed in the forest, by pulling up the thickets and coverts for the deer, and making the land plain, as arable land; the land so cleared; lan

To assart.

essartnm, exartnm, 1. 1, In old English law. Assart; land cleared of its wood and converted to tillage. Sometimes termed disbocatio.

Rents paid to the Crown for assailed lands. New Diet.

Essartum, Exartum. L. Lat. Assart; land cleared of its wood and converted to tillage. Assartum est quod redactum est ad culturam. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 21. Boscus efficitur assartum; a

crim. law. An assassin is one who attacks another either traitorously, or with the advantage of arms or place, or of a number of persons who support him, and kills him. This being

The terms "assassinated" and "assassination" mean the killing of a judge or special trial judge that is motivated by the performance by the judge or special tri

The terms "assassinated" and "assassination" mean the killing of a judge or special trial judge that is motivated by the performance by the judge or special tri

or ASSAITH, See "Assach."

an assault is ordinarily held to be committed merely by putting another in apprehension of harm whether or not the actor actually intends to inflict or is capable of inflicting tha

The term "assault of Tribal justice personnel" means any violation of the criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the violati

Assault on a transit worker.—The term "assault on a transit worker" means a circumstance in which an individual knowingly, without lawful authority or permission, and wit

an offense that has as its elements engaging in physical contact with another person or using or brandishing a weapon against another person with intent to commit aggravated sexual

I fr. To be known; to make known; to give notica An old form of ascavoir, q. v.

I. fr. To make known; to certify.

The proof or trial of the purity or fineness of metals, particularly the precious metals, gold and silver,

1. 1. In old English law. An assayer. Assayator regis: the I king's assayer.

One whose business it is to make assays of the precious metals. —Assayer of the king. An officer of the royal mint, appointed by St. 2 Hen. VI. c. 12, wbo received and tested the b

An officer of the royal mint, appointed by St. 2 Hen. VI. c. 12, wbo received and tested the bullion taken in for coining; also called "assayator regis." Cowell ; Termes de la Ley.

the use of any test at all, whether patented or not patented, that determines whether a body fluid has an "elevated level of total homocysteine." And at trial, the inventors testif

An establishment, or department, in which the manipulations at tending the assay of bullion and coins are conducted. See "Assay." c. 12, who received and tested the bullion taken i

The staif of persons by whom {or the building in which) the process of assaying gold and silver, required by government, incidental to maintaining the edinage, is conducted.

I. I. To associate; to take or select as fellow- judges, or consessors.

To make secure.

Assecuration.

In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Opposition to the decree of Grenoble. Ferriere.

An insurer.

In Scotch law. An old term, used indiscriminately to signify a lease or feu-right. Bell, Diet.; Ersk. Inst, lib. 2, tit. 6, § 20.

The supreme ecclesiastical court in Scotland.

The term “assemblies” means items forming a portion of a system or subsystem that can be provisioned and replaced as an entity and which incorporates multiple, replaceable parts. /

The meeting of a number of persons in the same place. Political Assemblies. Those required by the constitution and laws. For example, the general assembly, which includes the senat

unlatful, in criminal law, the meeting of three or more persons to do an unlawful act, although they may not carry their from a riot or rout (q. v.) because in each of the latter c

The highest Scotch ecclesiastical court.

See Unlawful assembly .

Approval of something done. An undertaking to do something in compliance with a request. In* strictness, "assent" is to be distinguished from "consent," which denotes a willingness

the law has prescribed no particular form by which the assent of the executor shall be given, and it may be, therefore, either express or implied. It may be inferred from indirect

At most the Taurus obligated herself to hold her course and speed so far as practicable, to do nothing to thwart the overtaking vessel, and she knew of no circumstances not open to

To state as true; declare; maintain. To assert against another has probably a prima facie meaning of a contradiction of him, but the context or circumstances may show that it conno

See Assartare .

I, fr. Assart; cleared land.

One which asserts or warrants the existence of a particular state of facts.

One relating to a past or present fact or state of facts, as distinguished from a "promissory" oath which relates to future conduct; particularly, any oath required by law other th

To rate or fix the proportion which every person has to pay of any particular tax. To tax. To adjust the shares of a contribution by several towards a common beneficial object, acc

asses, I. fr. Assessed; afifeered.

Where the charter of a corporation provides for the payment by it of a state tax, and contains a proviso that "no other tax or impost shall be levied or assessed upon the said comp

little more than the calculation or recording of a tax liability.

Assessment agreement.—The term “assessment agreement” means an agreement, whether part of a collective bargaining agreement or negotiated separately, to the extent the agreement pr

In life insurance. A company in which a death loss is met by levying an assessment on the surviving members of the association. Mutual Ben. It. Ins. Co. v. Marye, 85 Va. 643, 8 S.

One wherein the payment of the benefit is in any manner or degree dependent on the collection of an assessment levied on persons holding similar contracts. Folkens v. Insurance Co.

In taxation. Any subdivision of territory, whether the whole or part of any municipality, in which by law a separate assessment of taxable property is made by the officers elected

The term "assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs" means, as appropriate in each case— (A) (i) a review of existing data— (I) to determ

The assessment fund of a mutual benefit association is the balance of the assessments, less expenses, out of which beneficiaries are paid. Kerr v. Ben. Ass'n, 39 Minn. 174, 39 N. W

the term “assessment jurisdiction” means a geographical area in a State used in determining the assessed value of property for ad valorem taxation; / Assessment jurisdiction.—The t

A failure to comply with the annual assessment labor requirement does not ipso facto forfeit the claim, but only renders it subject to loss by relocation. And the law is clear that

In practice. The fixmg or settling by a court or jury, of the amount of damages to be paid by the defendant or defeated party in an. action. Assessment by the court is either made

The assessment was not a judicial, but a ministerial act, and as the assessors exceeded their powers in making it, the officer is not protected.

The order levying the assessment is made conclusive as to all matters relating to the amount and propriety thereof, and the necessity therefor; it is thus conclusive, although the

The term “assessment program” means the water availability and use assessment program established by the Secretary under section 10368(a) of this title .

In taxation, the list or roll of taxable persons and property, completed, verified, and deposited by the assessors. Bank v. Genoa, 28 Misc. Rep. 71, 59 N. Y. Supp. 829; Adams v. Br

The list or roll of taxable persons and property, completed, verified, and deposited by the assessors, not as it appears after review and equalization. Bank v. Genoa, 28 Misc. Rep.

Under the mining laws of the United States, the holder of an unpatented mining claim on the public domain is required, in order to hold his claim, to do labar or make improvements

One whose function is to make an assessment.

An officer chosen or appointed

^c?*e««)re». Lat. [from (Mnrf«*tf,to8itby.] In the civil law. Persons who sat with the Roman praetor, or other magistrate, for the purpose of assisting him with their advice in the

Those appointed to make assessments. rin Civil and Scotch Law. Persons skilled in law, selected to advise the judges of the inferior courts. Bell, Diet.; Dig. 1. 22; Code, 1. 51. A

The terms “protective factor”, “buffer”, and “asset” mean any one of a number of the community, school, family, or peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective, long

The term “asset-backed security”— (A) means a fixed-income or other security collateralized by any type of self-liquidating financial asset (including a loan, a lease, a mortgage,

The term “asset concession” means a contract between an eligible entity and a concessionaire— (A) under which— (i) the eligible entity agrees to enter into a concession agreement o

The term “asset concession payment” means a payment that— (A) is made by a concessionaire to an eligible entity for fair market value that is determined as part of the asset conces

The term “asset control area” means the area established by a preferred purchaser pursuant to paragraph (4)(B)(i).

For purposes of subparagraph (C)(v), the term “asset exchange or conversion transaction” means any voluntary exchange or involuntary conversion of any property related to generatin

The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysi

The term "Asset Management Report" means— (A) the annual plan prepared by the Bureau known as the "Asset Management Plan"; and (B) any publicly available inform

The term “asset property” means— (i) with respect to an eligible asset that is a property, such property; and (ii) with respect to an eligible asset that is a mortgage, the propert

The term "asset response activity" means an activity to support an entity impacted by an incident with the response to, remediation of, or recovery from, the incident, in

The term “assets” includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources (other than personnel). / Th

The term “asset sale” means the sale to the public of any asset (except for those assets covered by title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [ 2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.]), whethe

Assets in hand.

Property which descends to the heir and not to the executor.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “assets under management” means the securities portfolios with respect to which an investment adviser provides continuous and regular supe

The proof which a man gives of the truth of what he says, by appealing to his conscie^ice as a witness. It differs from an oath in this, that by the latter he appeals to God as a w

To draw or drain water from marsh grounds.—Cowell.

I. In the Roman law. To act as an assessor, v. Assessor.

To make or set over to another. Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 326; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 391. To appoint; to select; to allot. 3 Bl. Comm. 58. To set forth; to point out; as, to assign errors. Fi

An assignee; a person to whom property or a right or interest is transferred by another. Now rarely used, though the plural assigns is still retained in deeds and other instruments

The bonds intended by the legislature were most clearly such as were to become void on the payment of a sum certain, and where no intervention or assessment of a jury was necessary

That may be assigned or transferred; transferable; negotiable, as a bill of exchange. Co.mb. 176; Story, Bllls, § 17.

I. In the civil law. To assign, allot or appoint Assignare libertum: to assign a freedman to a particular child.

I. I. To assign; to transfer or make over; to allot, appoint or designate; to mark out, set off, allot or set over: as, a widow's dower. Assignavimus vos justitiarios nostros, ad i