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The term “assistance within the jurisdiction of the Department” includes any contract, grant, loan, cooperative agreement, or other form of assistance, including the insurance or g

Used with reference to a public officer, is more comprehensive than “deputy,” and includes those sworn and those not sworn, while deputy includes only those sworn. See Ann. Cas. 19

the term “Assistant Administrator” means the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Women’s Business Ownership established under subsection (g); / The term "Assistant Admini

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “assistant at surgery” means a physician who actively assists the physician in charge of a case in performing a surgical procedure.

The term "Assistant Attorney General" means the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice. / The term "Assistant Att

A judge Of the English court of general or quarter sessions in Middlesex. He differs from the other Justices in being a barrister of ten years' standing, and in being salaried. St.

The term "Assistant Secretary" means the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. / The term "Assistant Secretary" means the A

the employer may be held to have assisted the formation of a union even though the acts of the so-called agents were not expressly authorized or might not be attributable to him on

the Board has always distinguished the remedy appropriate in the case of a union dominated by an employer from the remedy appropriate in the case of a union assisted but undominate

the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted— (A) under sections 1 1715e, 1715k, 1715 l (d)(3), 1715 l (d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z–1 of title 12; (B) under section 1701

the term “assisted living facility” has the meaning given such term in section 1715w(b) of this title ; / For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "assisted living facilit

The term “assisted living service” means any service provided by an assisted living facility (as defined in section 1715w(b) of title 12 ), except that such an assisted living faci

The term "assisted outpatient treatment" means medically prescribed mental health treatment that a patient receives while living in a community under the terms of a law a

The term "assisted person" means any person whose debts consist primarily of consumer debts and the value of whose nonexempt property is less than $150,000.1

The term “assisted reproductive technology” means all treatments or procedures which include the handling of human oocytes or embryos, including in vitro fertilization, gamete intr

For the purpose of this section, the term “assist in intercepting or receiving” shall include the manufacture or distribution of equipment intended by the manufacturer or distribut

(A) The term "assistive device" includes an assistive technology device.

Definitions.—In this section, the terms “assistive technology” and “assistive technology device” have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of

Definitions.—In this section, the terms “assistive technology” and “assistive technology device” have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of

Definitions.—In this section, the terms “assistive technology”, “assistive technology device”, “assistive technology service”, and “disability” have the meanings given those terms

Rented or farmed out for a specified assize; that is, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions.—Black.

Compensation by a pecuniary mulct. Cowell. ASSIZE (Lat. assidere, to sit by or near, through the Fr. assisa, a session). property, corporeal or incorporeal. Cowell; Litt. § 234. Th

A jury summoned by a writ of assize; a court; a statute; a tax; the verdict of jurors of a court of assize; an action.

GRAND. See Grand Assize.

In the practice of the criminal courts of Seotland, the fifteen men who decide on the conviction or acquittal of an accused person are called the “assize,” though in popular langua

A set of instructions (116G) "to the itinerant justices and sheriffs with reference to their duties and jurisdiction. 1 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 21.

A writ of assize which formerly lay for a person who had himself, or whose ancestors had upon the last preceding avoidance, presented a clerk to a benefice where a stranger present

A writ to recover lands of which the demandant had been disseised within forty days.

A writ of assize which lay to recover possession of lands against an abator or his alienee. It lay where the ancestor from whom the claimant derived title died seised. Cowell; Spel

In old practice, this was a judicial writ directed to the sheriff of the county in which a nuisance existed, in which it was stated that the party injured complained of some partic

A re-enactment and enlargement (1176) of the Assize of Clarendon. 1 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 21.

A writ of assize which lay where the claimant had been lately disseised. The action must have been brought subsequent to the next preceding session of the eyre or circuit of justic

A writ of assize which lay where a nuisance had been committed to the complainant's freehold. The complainant alleged some particular fact done which worked an injury to his freeho

A statute or ordinance concerning the royal forests passed in the thirty-third year of Edw. I. Otherwise called Ordinatio Forestae. Another statute of the same title was passed in

A writ of assize which lay for a parson to recover lands which his predecessor had improperly allowed the church to be deprived of. 3 Bl. Comm. 257. See "Assisa De Utrum."

The fixed or established rent of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of a manor, which cannot be departed from or varied. 2 Bl. Comm. 42.

Sessions of the justices or commissioners of assize. These assizes are held twice in each year in each of the various shires of England, with some exceptions, by virtue of several

A code or feudal, law prepared at a general assembly of lords after the conquest of Jerusalem. It was compiled principally from the laws Ascalon, about the year 1290. 1 Foumel, His

1. 1. To assess; to fix, settle, define, determine or reduce to a certainty, in point of time, number, amount, etc. Assidere, taxare et le Tare: to assess, tax and levy. Assiderunt

In Scots law. An assignea

I. I. In old pleading. To assure.

the term “associate” means one who has one or more of the following relationships with a person in a position to refer settlement business: (A) a spouse, parent, or child of such p

the term “Associate Administrator” means the Associate Administrator for International Trade described in subsection (a)(2); / The term “Associate Administrator” means the Associat

For purposes of this subsection, the terms “associate company”, “holding company”, and “holding company system” have the meaning given those terms in the Public Utility Holding Com

the term “associate-degree-granting college” means an institution of higher education (as determined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [ 20 U.S.C. 1001 ]) that—

The term “associate degree school of nursing” means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provid

The term "associated entity" means an entity that— (A) is owned, controlled, or dominated by— (i) the government of a country that is an ally or partner of the United Sta

the term “associated equipment” means equipment necessary for the regeneration, refueling, or recharging of batteries or other forms of electric energy used to power an electric mo

the term “associated equipment and facilities” refers to facilities other than satellite terminal stations and communications satellites, to be constructed and operated for the pri

The term "associated individual" means an alien who is a national of a country that is an ally or partner of the United States. / The term “associated individual” means a

the term “associated member” means any member having a shared ownership, investment, or other pecuniary interest in a business or commercial endeavor with the borrower.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “associated person” means any person, other than a natural person, directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common co

The term “person associated with a broker or dealer” or “associated person of a broker or dealer” means any partner, officer, director, or branch manager of such broker or dealer (

the term “person associated with a municipal advisor” or “associated person of an advisor” means— (A) any partner, officer, director, or branch manager of such municipal advisor (o

the term “associated person of a securities holding company” means a person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, a securities holding co

The term “associated person of a swap dealer or major swap participant” means a person who is associated with a swap dealer or major swap participant as a partner, officer, employe

The term “person associated with a transfer agent” and “associated person of a transfer agent” mean any person (except an employee whose functions are solely clerical or ministeria

A corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois in 1892, whose object is to buy, gather and accumulate information and news to vend, supply, distribute and publish

Associated transit improvement.—The term "associated transit improvement" means, with respect to any project or an area to be served by a project, projects that are desig

The words “associate nation” mean any nation at war with any nation with which the United States is at war.

Association' implies associates. It implies the entering into a joint enterprise, and, as the applicable regulation imports, an enterprise for the transaction of business. This is

The First Amendment's ban against Congress 'abridging' freedom of speech, the right peaceably to assemble and to petition, and the 'associational freedom' that goes with those righ

The term “association of producers” means any association of producers of agricultural products engaged in marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing as defined in section 1141

The term "association property" means— (A) property held by the organization, (B) property commonly held by the members of the organization, (C) property within the organ

In French Law. In a society en commandite an assocte en nom is one who is liable for the engagements of the undertaking to the whole extent of his property. This expression arises

ASSOILE, or ASSOILYIE. To set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; Cowell.

assoyle, assoiler, fr. In old excommunication; to acquit; to absolve.

In Scotch law. To acquit.

I. fr. To essoin. Assonee: essoined.

assoudre, I. fr. To absolve; to

the term "as soon as possible" means within a 24-hour period.

assons, /. fr. Quit; free; discharged.

Assous. L.Fr. Quit, free, discharged. Litt. sect. 338.

(Law. Fr.) To forgive; to pardon; to absolve. Que Dieu assoyl, whom God assoil; on whom God have mercy. Kelham.

4 Certainty; warrant; indemnity. 1. Legal evidence of the transfer of titl whereby eveiy man's estate is assured him, and all controversies, doubts, and dif culties are prevented o

Lat. [from assilire, to assail] An assault. Spelman, voc. Assallire.

To take on; to undertake. 90 Cal. 147. To take in appearance. See 75 Cal. 73. ' The word "assume," used in deeds with reference to incumbrances on the property conveyed, has the sa

The term “assume any and all liability” means— (A) the payment of— (i) any judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or cost assessment (including prevailing party legal fees) associate

Any calculation under section 8442(f) of title 5 of the supplementary annuity payable to a widow or widower of an employee referred to in section 2152(a) of this title shall be bas

the term “assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income” means the net income tax that would be imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the Postal

For purposes of clause (i), the term “assumed liabilities” means any liability of the common trust fund assumed by any regulated investment company in connection with the transfer

Risks which the law implies the servant to have assumed as part of his contract of employment, and for ASSUMPSIT (Lat. assumere, to assume, to undertake; assumpsit, he has undertak

Since Rawls was a joint user of the bag, he clearly had authority to consent to its search. Petitioner, in allowing Rawls to use the bag and in leaving it in his house, must be tak

They undertook.

Derived from Latin assumere, meaning to assume or undertake. In contracts, it is understood as an undertaking, either express or implied, to perform a parol agreement. At common la

Assumpsit for money had and received is an equitable action to recover back money which the defendant in justice ought not to retain, and it may be said that it lies in most, if no

The agreement of the transferee of property to pay obligations of the transferer which are chargeable on it. 194 111. 222.

One who understands and appreciates the permanent conditions of machinery, premises, and the like, and the danger which arises therefrom, or, by the reasonable use of his senses, h

Contributory negligence involves the notion of some fault or breach of duty on the part of the employee; and since it is ordinarily his duty to take some precaution for his own saf

In Conveyancing. Any instrument which confirms the title to an estate. Legal evidence of the transfer of property. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. The term "assurances" includes, in an enlarged s

Eng. and Fr. [L. Lat. assecuratio.] In the law of contracts. A making sure or secure. A term formerly used in English maritime law, in the sense of the modern term insurance, and s

(1)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term “assurance of payment” means— (i) a cash deposit; (ii) a letter of credit; (iii) a certificate of deposit; (iv) a surety bond; (v)

Lat. An assnranee. Bridgm. 16. Towns, PL 28, 54.

To insure.

fr. Assured; the assured or insured.

A person who has been insured by some insurance company or underwriter against losses or perils mentioned in the policy of insurance.

The assured, by operation of law, became, after the abandonment, the agent of the underwriters, and was bound to use his utmost endeavours to rescue from destruction as much of the

An insurer; an underwriter.

Fr. Assessed or affeered. Aniercianunts soient assys; the amerciaments shall be affeered. £ritt. c. 26.

In Scotch law. Damages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been convicted and punished. Paterson, Comp. The action to recover it lies fo