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a selectee becomes 'actually inducted' within the meaning of § 11 of the Act when in obedience to the order of his board and after the Army has found him acceptable for service he

On this subject the majority of the court is satisfied, that actual maintenance is equivalent to the payment of a sum secured for separate maintenance. It is true, the husband cann

with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not

A notice expressly and actually given, and brought home to the party directly, in distinction from one in- J ferred or imputed by the law on account of the existence of means of kn

An open, visible occupancy as distinguished from the constructive one which follows the legal title. Co.tting v. Patterson, 82 Minn. 375, 85 N. W. 172; People v. Ambrecht, 11 Abb.

By "actual ouster" is not meant a physical eviction, but a possession attended with such circumstances as to evince a claim of exclusive right and title, and a denial of the right

a person has direct physical control over a thing.

The term “actual production history yield” means the weighted average of the actual production history for each insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity, as calculated under s

The term “actual production on the farm” means the sum of the value of all crops produced on the farm, as determined under subsection (b)(6)(B). / The term “actual production on th

it is not necessary, under the Illinois statute, in order to secure the benefit of the limitation of seven years, that the claimant should have an actual residence on each lot of t

Lands are "actually sold" at a tax sale, so as to entitle the treasurer to the statutory fees, when the sale is completed; when he has collected from the purchaser the amount of th

possession of the freehold by the pedis positio ot one's self or one's tenant or agent, or by construction of law, as ini'the case of a state grant or a conveyance under the statut

actual settlement, intended by the 9th sections, consists in clearing, fencing, and cultivating, two acres of ground at least, on each one hundred acres, erecting a house thereon,

In Henderson vs. Poindexter, 12 Wheat. 530, the term 'actual settler,' seems to have been understood as synonymous with the resident of the country. That case, however, did not req

the term "actual sexually explicit conduct" means actual but not simulated conduct as defined in clauses (i) through (v) of section 2256(2)(A) of this title;

The location of the portraits in Pennsylvania was not merely transient, transitory, or temporary, but it was fixed in an established abiding place in which they remained for a long

The term “actual stamp” means a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp required under the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ( 16 U.S.C. 718a et seq.) that is

The term “actual thrift investment percentage” means the percentage determined by dividing— (i) the amount of a savings association's qualified thrift investments, by (ii) the amou

In marine Insurance the complete destruction of the insured vessel, so that it cannot be recovered or repaired, as distinguished from constructive total, which authorizes an abando

An assault with actual violence is an assault with physical force put in action, exerted upon the person assailed. The term violence is synonymous with physical force, and the two

The term “advance funding actuarial cost method” or “actuarial cost method” means a recognized actuarial technique utilized for establishing the amount and incidence of the annual

the term “actuarial method” means the method of allocating payments made on a debt between the outstanding balance of the obligation and the precomputed finance charge pursuant to

The author of a statute.

The manager of a jointstock company, particularly an insurance company. Penny, Cyc. A clerk, in some corporations vested with various powers. In Ecclesiastical Law. A clerk who reg

A deed.

Lawful acts admit of no qualification.

A right of way.

An act of the court shall prejudice no man. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 118; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 115; 1 Strange, 126; 1 Smith, Lead. Cas. 245-255; 12 C. B. 415. ACTUS DEI NEMINEM

The act of God is hurtful to no one. 2 Inst. 287. That is, a person cannot be prejudiced or held responsible for an accident occurring without his fault and attributable to the "ac

An act of God does not violate anyone’s legal right. See 2 L. R. A. 544.

An act the completion of which depends upon the will of the parties may be revoked, but if it depends upon the will of third parties or upon a contingency, it cannot be revoked.

A judicial act by one not a judge is void; a ministerial act from whomsoever it proceed is valid.

A judicial act by a judge without Jurisdiction is void; but a ministerial act, from whomsoever proceeding, may be ratified. Lofft, 458.

Lat. [from agere, to do.] An act of Parliament; a statute. 8 Co, 40. [20.] 4 Reeves Hist. E. L.\\\,

The act of the law is hurtful to no one; an act in law shall prejudice no man. 2 Inst. 287. ACTUS LEGIS NEMINI FACIT INJURIam. The act of the law does no one wrong. 5 Coke, 116; 2

The act of the law does injury to no one. 5 Coke, 116.

dum. Acts required by law admit of no qualification. Hob. 153; Branch, Princ.

Acts required by law do not admit of qualification.

NON EST meus actus. An act done by me against my will is not my act. Bracton, 101b. ACTUS NON^ REUM FACIT NISI MENS rea. The act does not make a person guilty unless the intention

An act done by me against my will is not mine.

rea. An act does not make [the doer of it] guilty, unless the mind be guilty; that is, unless the intention be criminal. 3 Inst. 107. The intent and the act must both concur to con

No act is a crime unless there be criminal intent. See 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 661.

A repugnant act is of no effect.

The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed, is considered the act of his master. Lofft, 227.

The act of a servant in the sort of work in which he is generally employed is that of the master.

In the civil law. An equitable, or beneficial action. 1 Kaufm. Mack. Civ. Law, 268, note. An action which lay by, or against a principal, on the contract of his agent. Story on Age

In French law. In relation to the contract of affreightment, signifies when the cargo is taken on condition that the master succeeds in completing his cargo from other sources. Arg

The term "acute suicidal crisis" means that an individual was determined to be at imminent risk of self-harm by a trained crisis responder or health care provider.

Hate; malice.

At; to; before; near; for; of; until; within.

Lat. Contraction for Anno Domini, (in the year of our Lord.)

For greater caution.

For the admitting of the clerk. A writ commanding the bishop to admit his clerk, upon the success of the latter in a quare impedit. AD ALIUD EXAM EN (Lat.) To another tribunal. Cal

To another tribunal.

At another day. A common phrase in the old reports. Y. B. P. 7 Hen. VI. 13.

At another day.

The term “adaptation strategy” means a land use and management strategy that can be used— (A) to increase the sequestration capabilities of covered greenhouse gases of any ecosyste

if what it actually did, is in its nature the same as sawing, and its structure and action suggested to the mind of an ordinarily skilful mechanic this double use to which it could

The term “adaptive ecosystem management” means a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of ne

The term "adaptive equipment" includes, but is not limited to, power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, special equipment necessary to assist the el

To take assizes; to take or hold the assizes. Bracton, fol. 110a; 3 Bl. Comm. 185. Ad assisam cwpievdam, to take an assize. Bracton, fol. 110b. '

or A DATO (Law Lat.) From the date. 2 Salk. 413; Cro. Jac. 135. A Die Datus. From the day of the date. 2 Salk. 413;,2 Crabb. Real Prop. p. 248, §1301; 1 Ld. Raym. 84, 480; 2 Ld. Ra

To hear and determine. AD BARRAM (Lat.) To the bar; at the bar. 3 How. St. Tr. 112.

Corrupted from Adalat, justice, equity; a court of justice. The terms "Dewanny Adawlut" and "Foujdarry Adaw-lut" denote the civil and criminal courts of justice in India. Wharton.

I. Jr. To provoka Adayement:

At the bar.

Called to the bar. 1 Ld. Raym. 59.

For a share of the field or land {ut particeps fiat) for champert. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 36, § 4.

To try writs of assize. 3 Bla. Com. 352.

Adapted to the common understanding. AD COLLIGENDUM BONA DEFUNCT). To collect the goods of the deceased. Special letters of administration granted to one or more persons, authorizi

For collecting; as an administrator or trustee ad colligendum. 2 Kent 414.

For the collection of the goods of the decedent.

At common law. The name of a species of writ of entry, now obsolete. Formerly, when tenants for life in dower or by the curtesy aliened the land which they held, the reversioner mi

To the common nuisance. Broom & H. Com. 196.

To appear. Reg. abide the judgment of the court. Cro. Jac. 67.

To render an account.

^ Lat. To consult; for the purpose of consultation. Bract, fol. 5 b. 1 Bl. Com. 227.

Money paid by a vassal to his lord upon the selling or exchanging of a feud. Enc. Lond. ADDICERE (Lat.) In civil law. To condemn. Calv. Lex. Addictio denotes a transfer of the good

At or to court.

At the costs.

At the costs. Toullier; Cowell; Whishaw.

or AD CUSTAQIA. At the cost. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm, 314; Toullier. Dr. Civ., Cowell; Whishaw. AD DAMNUM (Lat. damnae). To the damage. In Pleading. The technical name of that part o

To the damage.

That part of a declaration which sets forth the amount of the plaintiff’s damage. See 75 Conn. 650, 55 Atl. 177.

The term "added employee" means a qualifying employee who is not covered by title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended.

The term "added employer" means an eligible employer (determined without regard to this paragraph), whether or not covered by that title I, who offers paid family and med

something foreign to the article to which it is added, therefore an ingredient which is a constituent element and is not foreign is not an added one.

To defend.

To condemn.

The term “addict” means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use o

strongly disposed to some taste or practice or habituated, especially to drugs.

In the Roman law. The giving up to a creditor of his debtor's person by a magistrate; also the transfer of the debtor's goods to one who assumes his liabilities.

Lat. In the civil law. A sale made with a clause or agreement that the contract shall not hold if the seller afterwards, and within a certain space of time lunited by the contract,

At a day.

l. Addition. Words added of title or description for greater probat minoritatem: an addition feriority.

s 1. Under a statute allowing a mechanic's lien upon an "addition to a former building," the new structure must be a lateral addition. It must occupy ■ 2 Bl. Com. 123 9 Ga. 400; Br

The term “addition” means the approximately 107,600 acre area of the East Everglades area authorized to be added to Everglades National Park by sections 410r–5 to 410r–8 of this ti

Added, supplemental, coming by way of addition. See Ann. Cas. 1912C, 1007.

The term “additional commodities” means commodities made available under section 7515 of this title in addition to the commodities made available under sections 7502 and 7507 of th

The term “additional contribution” means any charitable contribution by the taxpayer of any interest in property with respect to which the taxpayer has previously made an initial f