Law Dictionary
Definitions from our source dictionaries — each term links to a combined page showing every source. The full list of source dictionaries is in the sidebar.
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted gross estate” means the value of the gross estate (determined without regard to this section)— / For purposes of this section, the
the term “adjusted gross income” means— (i) in the case of a dependent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in se
In this paragraph, the term “adjusted historical payment basis” means, with respect to a physicians’ service furnished in a fee schedule area, the weighted average prevailing charg
The terms “adjusted income” and “income” shall have the meaning given such terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)]. / The terms “adjuste
The term “adjusted income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties” means the gross income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties (including production payments and overriding royalties)
The term “adjusted income from rents” means the gross income from rents, reduced by the amount subtracted under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection. For purposes of the preceding s
For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term “adjusted investor equity” means, with respect to any calendar year, the aggregate amount of cash taxpayers invested with respect to the
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "adjusted national average monthly bid amount" means the national average monthly bid amount computed under paragraph (4), as
For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted net capital gain” means the sum of— (A) net capital gain (determined without regard to paragraph (11)) reduced (but not below ze
For purposes of subsection (j), the term “adjusted net income” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the gross income for the taxable year (determined with the income modifications pro
The term “adjusted net operating loss” means the net operating loss for any taxable year determined with the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (C).
The term “adjusted noninsured crop disaster assistance program yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of production history under
The term “adjusted ordinary gross income” means the ordinary gross income adjusted as follows: (A) From the gross income from rents (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph
For purposes of paragraph (4), the term “adjusted qualifying income” means the product of— (i) the highest family income which (as of the date the financing was provided) would hav
In paragraph (2), the term “adjusted reasonable costs” means, with respect to any services, reasonable costs determined for such services, reduced by 10 percent. The 10-percent red
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted sales price” means the amount realized, reduced by the aggregate of the expenses for work performed on the old residence in order t
The term “adjusted self-employment income” means self-employment income (as defined in section 1402(b)); except that section 1402(b) shall be applied by placing wages (within the m
The term “adjusted share” means the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the base share for the eligibl
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable estate” means the taxable estate reduced by $60,000.
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable gifts” means the total amount of the taxable gifts (within the meaning of section 2503 as modified by section 2511) made by
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "adjusted taxable income" means taxable income increased by the sum of— (i) the amount allowed for the taxable year under parag
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “adjusted tax attributes” means the sum of the tax attributes described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), and (G) of subsection (
For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “adjusted tax difference with respect to the estate” means the excess of what would have been the estate tax liability but for subsection
The term “adjusted value” means the value determined in accordance with Articles 1 through 8, Article 15, and the corresponding interpretive notes of the Agreement on Implementatio
The term “adjusted year” means the partnership taxable year to which the item being adjusted relates.
- adjustmentdefined inU.S. CodeCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
In the case of any regulated investment company, the term "adjustment" means— (A) any increase in the investment company taxable income of the regulated investment compan
Second. The term “Adjustment Board” means the National Railroad Adjustment Board created by this chapter.
The term “adjustment factor” means a factor applicable to a fiscal year that is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) for October
For purposes of this section and section 262m–1 of this title , the term “adjustment lending” means nonproject lending in support of structural macroeconomic reforms or sectoral ec
As used in this section, the term “adjustment percentage” means, with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage (if any) by which— (1) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as de
The term "adjustment year" means the partnership taxable year in which— (A) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the decision of a court in a proceeding brought under
tariffs, as Algonquin held, so too the phrase "regulate .
We should be aided and not injured by that which is intended for our benefit.
In Welsh law. A proprietor who, for some cause, entered the service of another proprietor, and left him after the expiration of a year and a day. He was liable to the payment of 30
- Ad Largumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
At large; as, title at large; assize at large. See Dane, Abr. c. 144, art. 16, i 7. AD LITEM (Lat. Ktes). For the suit. Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem. 2
To purge one's self of a crime by oath.
At pleasure. 3 Bla. Com. 292. AD LITEM (Lat. lites). For the suit Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem; 2 Kent 229; 2 Bla. Com. 427.
During the pendency of the action.
ailiues, I. In the civil laio. riage.
For profit or loss.
For greater caution.
For greater security. 2 How. State Tr. 4182.
I. I. In old European law. To cite or summon to court; to sue; to attach.
A person who swore by. laying his hands on the Book.
Ready at hand.
Ascertainment by measure; measuring out; assignment or apportionment by measure, that is, by fixed quantity or value, by certain limits or in definite and fixed proportions. —Admea
WRIT OF. It lay agninst persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases: Admeasurement of dower, where the widow held from the heir more land, etc., as dower,
- Admeasurement Of Dowerdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
A remedy which lay for the heir, on reaching his majority, to rectify an assignment of dower made during his minority, by which the doweress had received more than she was legally
- Admeasurement Of Pasturedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
A remedy which lay in certain cases for surcharge of common of pasture. It lay where a common of pasture appurtenant or in gross was certain as to number; or where one had common a
It lay agninst persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases Admeasurement of dower, and admeasurement of pasture. Termes de 1a Ley.
To the middle thread of the stream.
To the middle thread of the way.
To the middle thread of the way.
A writ directing a coroner to hold a second or further inquest
ameusnratio, I. I. Admeasurement Admensnratio nihil aliud est qnam reductia admensaram: admeasurement is nothing more than reducing to measure.
Lat. [from ad, to, and mensura, measure.] To admeasure. Breve de communi pastura admensuranda; a writ for admeasuring common of pasture. Reg. Orig. 157. See Amensurare.
In old English law. Admeasurement. Reg. Orig. 156, 157.
amensnrare, 1. 1. To admeasure.
(from Ital. mezzatura, middle). In old Italian law. Persons chosen by the consent of contending parties to decide questions between them. Literally, mediators. Spelman.
- Adminicledefined inCyclopedic (1922)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
In Scotch Law. Any writing or deed introduced for the purpose of proof of the tenor of a lost deed to which it refers. Ersk. Inst. lib. 4, tit. 1, § 55; Stair, Inst. lib. 4, tit. 3
Z. In civil and old English law. Aid or support; that which belongs to a thing as accessory; that which is necessary to its complete use or enjoyment; whatever appertains to judici
- Adminiculardefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Burrill (1850)
Auxiliary.
In ecclesiastical law. Evidence brought in to explain and complete other evidence. 2 Lee, Ecc. 595.
To give adminicular evidence.
An officer In the Romish church, who administered to the wants of widows, orphans, and afflicted persons. Spelman. ADMINICULUM (Lat.) In the civil and old English law. Aid or suppo
Lat An adminicle; a prop or support; an accessory thing. An aid or support to something else, whether a right or the evidence of one. It is principally used to designate evidence a
To wait upon, serve; to dispose of, administer. Plene administravit. He has fully administered. Plene administravit prseter. He has fully administered except —. The emphatic words
the direct application of a controlled substance to the body of a patient.
Voluntarily and intentionally although mistakenly administered. See 31 L. R. A. 686.
the term “administering agency” means the Agency for International Development;
The term "administering authority" means the administering authority described in section 1677(1) of this title. / The term “administering authority” has the meaning give
the term “administering body” means the entity provided for in section 2430g(c) of this title; / The term “administering body” means the entity provided for in section 2431g(c) of
“administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.
“administering organization” means the recognized, voluntary, private sector, consensus standards body with specific experience in developing model residential building codes and s
An offence of an aggravated character, punishable under the various statutes defining the offence. The stat 9 G. IV. c. 31, s. 11, enacts "that if any person unlawfully and malicio
The term “administering Secretaries” means the Secretaries of executive departments specified in section 1073 of this title as having responsibility for administering this chapter.
The term “administering Secretary” or “administering Secretaries” means the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense, with respect to the armed forces (including the Coast Guard whe
To administer; to take charge of.
I. In the civil law. To manage or conduct; to take or have charge of; to administer; to govern; to have or conduct the government; to execute an ofl Bca
I. In old English law. Management conduct, disposal or charge of property or of affairs, as management by an administrator, an attorney, a guardian; power of disposal. In fhe civil
- Administrationdefined inU.S. CodeBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
the term “Administration” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; / The term "Administration" means the Transportation Security Administration. / The ter
yovern- Letters of Administration. ment, is the management of the ADMIRAL, officer, in some affairs of the government; this countries is the commander in chief word is also applied
Administration for temporary preservation of an estate.
The grant of a temporary administration, as during the minority of an executor, is ad usum et commodum executoris. . . . The appointment of an administrator, during the absence of
the term "Administration for Community Living" means the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services;
The term “Administration human space flight vehicle” means a space vehicle, as defined in section 20138(a) of this title , that— (A) is intended to transport one or more persons; (
The management and settlement of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and legall
The theory of our system is that the conclusions to be reached in a case will be induced only by evidence and argument in open court, and not by any outside influence, whether of p
These administrations were independent of each other; the respective administrators represented Meek, the deceased intestate, by an authority coextensive only with the State where
- Administration Suitdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)
In English practice. A suit usually by a creditor for the administration of the insolvent estate of a decedent.
state and local sources in Category 1, see 528 F. 3d, at 303, it becomes even harder to see why the term would not do the same in Category 2.
state and local sources in Category 1, see 528 F. 3d, at 303, it becomes even harder to see why the term would not do the same in Category 2.
The term “administrative access” means the unrestricted use of land and interests in land for ingress and egress by an agency of the United States (including a permittee, contracto
the order of dismissal is not a judgment. It was an administrative act. And, unlike such administrative acts as a patent or the approval of a list of lands pursuant to a duty impos
“administrative agency” means an authority as defined by section 551(1) of this title; and
When the Board exercises the discretion given to it by Congress, it must 'disclose the basis of its order' and 'give clear indication that it has exercised the discretion with whic
The term “administrative assessment” means the fee established pursuant to subsection (d)(7)(D).
The decision in 1919 was not a judgment pronounced in a judicial proceeding, but a ruling made by an executive officer in the exertion of administrative authority. That authority w
the true line of demarcation is whether as a result of the transaction 'all authority or control' over the lands has passed from 'the Executive Department,' or whether the Governme
Dissemination of ideas depends upon the approval of the distributor by the official. This is administrative censorship in an extreme form. It abridges the freedom of religion, of t