Law Dictionary

The term “Acquisition Planning District” means the Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District established by section 460 ooo –1(a) of this title.

The term “acquisition process” means the acquisition process for a project, as defined in Department of Energy Order 413.3B (relating to project management and project management f

Acquisition support agencies.—The term “acquisition support agencies” means Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities that carry out and provide support for acqui

The term “acquisition workforce” means the persons serving in acquisition positions within the Department of Defense, as designated pursuant to section 1721(a) of this title . / Th

adqnisitam, I I. In old English law. A purchase. Acquest, or newly-acquired feudal rights.

I. fr. To receive, to gather.

To release, absolve or discharge one from an obligation or a liability; or to legally certify the innocence of one charged with crime. Dolloway v. Turrill, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 383, 40

In French law. Certain goods pay higher export duties when exported to a foreign country than when they are destined for another French port. In order to prevent fraud, the adminis

a ruling by the court that the evidence is insufficient to convict," a "factual finding [that] necessarily establishes] the criminal defendant's lack of criminal culpability," and

In contracts. An agreement in writing to discharge a party from an engagement to pay a sum of money. It is evidence of payment, and differs from a release in this, that the latter

See Acquittal.

A quantity of land containing one hundred and sixty square rods of laud, in whatever shape. Cro. Eliz. 47H, ('.•;.">; 6 Co. 67; Co. Litt. 5 b. The word formerly signified an open f

or ACRE. <A camp or fleld fight; a sort of duel, or judicial combat, anciently fought by single combatants, English and Scotch, between the frontiers of the two kingdoms with sword

A camp or field fight; a sort of duel or judicial combat, anciently fought by single combatants, English and Scotch, between the frontiers of the two kingdoms with sword and lance.

A sort of judicial combat anciently fought in open field on the Scottish border between Scotch and English champions.

"The share of a cit i'/eu of a New England town in the common li The value of i right was quantity in each town, but varied in d ent towns. A 10-a< re Lot or right in a tain town w

acresser, acrestre, I fr. To increase; to multiply; to advance or rise; to accrue.

From side to side. Tram to the length of. Hannibal & St. J. R, Co. v. Packet Co., 125 V. S. 260, 8 Sup. CI 31 L. Ed. 7.->.l; but inett's Branch Imp. Co., 65 Pa. 242. It may mean ov

As if.

Co. V. Evansville, 15 Ind. 395; Rogers v. Burlington, 3 Wall. (U. S.) 054, 18 L. Ed. 79. But, in cases very much discussed, it has been held by the United States supreme court that

something done voluntarily, or, in other words, the result of an exercise of the will.

» N. Y. Act 1885, ch. 490, § 2. ' Scarborough v. Smith, 18 Kan. 406 (1877), Valentine, Judge. » Boberts v. Donovan, 70 Cal. 113 (1886): Xenia Branch Bank v. Lee, 7 Abb. Pr. 380 (18

Tiis act was passed in 1871, (34 & 85 Vict. c. 32,) to prevent and punish any violence, threats, or molestation, on the part either of master or workinen, in the various. relations

An English statute (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) providing for the establishment of a registry for titles to real property, and making sundry provisions for the transfer of lands and the r

In Englishlaw. A general statute, (5 & 6 Wm. 1V. c. 76,) passed in 1835, preseribing general regulations for the incorporation and government of boroughs.

The term &quot;Act 76&quot; means Puerto Rico Act 76–2000 (3 L.P.R.A. 1931 et seq.), approved on May 5, 2000, as amended.

Done on this day. Daily records of transactions.

One’s outward acts show his intent.

The proceedings in one action are not evidence in another unless it is between the same parties.

any attachment by a cable television system to a pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way owned or controlled by a utility.

Matters of public concern.

Jn Scotch practice. The minute book of a court. 1 Swinb. 81.

The receiver here sued, although an officer of the court operating the railroad pursuant to the order appointing him, is not an officer engaged in enforcing an order of a court. Th

In French law. Denotes a document, or formal, solemn writing, embodying a legal attestation that something has been done, corresponding to one sense or use of the English word "act

A deed, executed with certain prescribed formalities, in the presence of a notary, mayor, greffier, huissier, or other functionary qualified to act in the place in which it la draw

The certificate of registration of a ship, by virtue of which its French nationality is established

In French law. Act of inheritance, Any action or fact on the part of an heir which manifests his intention to accept the succession; the acceptance may be express or tacit. Duverge

Act of inheritance. Any action or fact on the part of an heir which manifests his intention to accept the succession ; the acceptance may be express or tacit. Duverger-i

A document served by a huissier, at the demand of one party upon another party, without legal proceedings.

In freneh law. The certificate of registration ofa ship, by virtue of which its French nationality is established.

Performing; operating. See Meyer v. Johnston, 64 Ala. 603, 665. When applied to a supervising executive, it designates, not an appointed incuinbent, but merely a locum tcnens. Fras

agents of the school, such as teachers, administrators, and other school employees.

surely consensual sodomy, like heterosexual intercourse, is rarely performed on stage.

An act performed out of court, and which is not a matter of record. A deed or an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in the country, that is, according to the

In civil law. A specific mode of enforcing a right before the courts of law, e. g., legis actio; actio sacramenti. In this sense we speak of actions in our law, e. g., the action o

Inthe civillaw. Anaction to recover a pledge stolen. Inst, 4, 1, 14.

or INTERDICTUM UNDE VI. In the civil law. An action, or interdict which lay to recover possession of an immoveable thing, as land, of which one had been deprived by force. So calle

Lat. In the civil law. An action to recover a pledge stolen. Inst. 4.1. 14.

In civil law. An action instituted for the purpose of compelling the person against whom it was brought to exhibit some thing or title in his power. It was always preparatory to an

Two names of an action which lay in behalf of a buyer to reduce the contract price, not to cancel the sale; the judex had power, however, to cancel the sale. Hunter, Rom Law, 332.

In the civil law. An arbitrary action; one depending upon the discretion of the judge (ex arbitrio judicis pendens); or in which the judge was allowed to determine, according to eq

See "Actio" (4).

A class of actions in which the judge might at the trini, ex officio, take into account any equitable circumstances that were presented to him affecting either of the parlies to th

An action to restrain the defendant from prosecuting a groundless proceeding or trumped-up charge agninst the plaintiff. Hunter, Rom. Law, 859.

In the civil law. An action to restrain the defendant from prosecuting a groundless proceeding or trumped-up charge against the plaintiff. Hunter, Rom. Law, 859.

In the civil law. An action to restrain the defendant from prosecufing a groundless proceeding or trumpedup charge against the plaintiff. Tunter, Rom. Law, 859.

A civil as distinguished from a criminal action. ACTIO C0MM0DATI CONTRARIA. An action by the borrower against the lender, to compel the execution of the contract Pothier, Pret d Us

In the common law. A civil action, as distinguished from a criminal action. Bracton divides personal actions into civilia and criminalia, according as they grow out of crimes or co

In civil law. An action by a lender against a borrower, the principal object of which is to obtain a restitution of the thing lent. Poth. Pret. a Usage, notes 65, 68.

Included several actions appropriate to enforce the obligations of a borrower or a lender. Id. 305.

In civil law. An action by the borrower against the lender, to compel the execution of the contract. Poth. Pret. a Usage, note 75.

An action by a lender against a borrower, the principal obj'ect of which is to obtain a restitution of the thing lent. Poth. Pret & Usage, nn. 65, 68.

In civil law. An action for a division of the property held in common. Story, Partn. (Bennett Ed.) § 352.

A common action. A term applied by Br acton to an action where the thing demanded was common, and not several. Bracton, fol. 103.

In civil law. An action by which the plaintiff recovers the amount of a sum of money or other thing he paid by mistake. Poth. Promutuum, note 140.

In the civil law. An affirmative action; an action founded upon the affirmative allegation of some right in the plaintiff in another's land, as a right of way, etc., and not upon t

In the civil law. A contrary or cross action, as distinguished from actio directa. Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 3, tit. 15, §§ 805, 816, 826; Bracton, fol. 103.

In the common law. A criminal action. Bracton, fol. 102b.

The name of a general class of actions for damages.

In the civil law. An action of fraud; an action which lay for a defrauded person against the defrauder and his heirs, who had been enfraudulently deprived, with all its accessions

In the civil law. An action concerning a thing converted to the profit of another; an action granted to one who had contract with a son or slave, in order to recover whatever the f

An action concerning or against the peculium, or separate property of a party.

An action for money engaged to be paid ; an action which lay against any person who had engaged to pay money for himself, or for another, without any formal stipulation. Inst. 4, 6

In the civil law. An action concerning or against the peculium, patrimony, or separate estate. Inst, action to which fathers and masters were liable on the contracts of their child

In the civil law. An action for money engaged to be paid; an action which lay against any person who had engaged to pay money for himself, or for another, without any formal stipul

In civil law. An action which the depositary has against the depositor, to compel him to fulfill his engagement toward him. Poth. du Depot, note 69.

In civil law. An action which is brought by the depositor against the depositary, in order to get back the thing deposited. Poth. du Depot, note 60.

A direct action ; an action founded on strict law, and conducted according to fixed forms; an action founded on certnin legal obligations which from their origin were accurately de

An action to compel a seller to perform his obligations or pay compensaiit.ii: also to enforce any special agreements by him embodied in a contract of sale. Hunter, Rom. L. 505.

An action which the bailor of a thing for hire may bring against the bailee, in order to compel him to redeliver the thing hired.

In civil law. An action which the bailor of a thing for hire may bring against the bailee, in order to compel him to redeliver the thing hired. Poth. du,Contr. de Louage, note 59.

See "Action."

See "Action."

An action founded upon a tort.

In the civil law. An action of purchase, or upon purchase; an action which a buyer is entitled to maintain against a seller, in order to cause him to deliver possession of the thin

In the civil law. An action against the exercitor or employer of a vessel. See "Exercitoria Actio."

In the civil law. An action upon letting; an action which the person (locator) who let a thing for hire to another might have against the hirer (conductor). Dig. 19. 2; Code, 4. 65

An action, brought to enforce a stipulation.

In the civil law. An action to enforce a stipulation.

In the civil law. An action upon sale; an action which a seller is entitled to maintain against a buyer to recover the price of a thing sold and delivered. Inst. 4. 6. 28; Heinec.

In civil law. An action for the division of an inheritance. Inst. 4. 6. 20; Bracton, 100b.

In the civil law. An action for the determination of boundaries between adjoining lands. Inst. 4. 17. 6; Id. 4. 6. 20. Enumerated by Bracton and Fleta among mixed actions. Bracton,

In the civil law. An action of theft; an action founded upon theft. Inst. 4. 1. 13-17; Bracton, fol. 444. This could only be brought for the penalty attached to the offense (tantum

An honorary or praetorian action. Dig. 44, 7, 25, 35.

An indirect action. A species of action mentioned by Bracton, probably the reverse of the actio directa. Bracton, fol. 103a.

In the civil law. An action for the double value of a thing. Inst. 4. 6. 21, 23.

In civil law. An action adapted to the particular case which had an analogy to some actio in jus, which was founded on some subsisting acknowledged law. Spence, Eq. Jur. 212. The o

or DAMNI INJUria. In the civil law. An action for injuries done by beating, wounding, slanderous language, libel, and the like. Inst. 4. 4. pr. 1, 12; Bracton, fol. 103b.

In the civil law. An action against the person, founded on a personal liability; an action seeking redress for the violation of a jus in personam or right avallable against apartic

In the civil law. An action for the quadruple value of a thing. Inst. 4. 6. 21; Bracton, fol. 103a.