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An advowson wherein the patron is the bishop.

An advowson whereby the patron may give a church or a chapel without presentation, institution or induction.

An advowson annexed to the person of the owner and not to his manor or lands.

An advowson whereby the patron has a right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary.

The usual kind of advowson, where the patron has the right of presentation to the bishop, or ordinary, and moreover to demand of him to institute his clerk, if he finds him canonic

or ADVOUTRY. In English law. The crime committed by a woman who, having committed adultery, continued to live with the adulterer. Cowell; Termes de la Ley. AEDES (Lat.) In civil la

See "Waractum."

2 A person twenty-one or more years of age. Where an assault becomes " aggravated, when committed by an adult male on a female or a child, or by an adult female on a child," " adul

Inecclesiastical law. Officers whose duty it is to assist in drawing up the pope's briefs, and reducing petitions into proper form to be converted inte papal bulls. Bouvier. by buy

I. fr. In old English law. To pull or hook; to usurp; to attempt to exercise; to proces: to stay a process.

/. To accuse; to charge with an offense. se debet nisi coram Deo: no one is bound to before God. v. Nemo tenetur, etc.

A dwelling-house.

He burned the dwelling of another.

To build a house.

One may not build on his own land what may injure another.

SOLO CEDIT. That which is built upon the land goes with the land. Co. Litt. 4a; Broom, Leg. Max.

A building goes with the land on which it stands.

Buildings pass by a grant of the land. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 12. AEDILE (Lat.) In Roman law. An officer who attended to' the repairs of the temples and other public buildings; the

A Roman officer who superintended the care of public buildings, streets, weights and measures, funerals, games and the prices of provisions.

A Roman law which provided the purchaser a remedy for the unsoundness of a slave or animal sold with knowledge of the defect.

In old English law. The remuneration to the proprietor of a domain for the privilege of feeding swine under the oaks and beeches of his woods. AEGROTO (Lat. ablative of aegrotus, s

A grandfather.

The law’s disposition of a matter is more just than thafr'of a man.

Equity.

Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst, note 3733.

Equity relieves against accidents.

Equity as the daughter of conscience complies with rules of court.

Equity supplies defects.

Equity corrects errors.

Equity is equality.

Equity corrects a law which is too broad in that particular in which it is defective. See 5 L. R. A. 340.

Equity is a certain correction applied to the law, because on account of the law,s general comprehension, without any exception, something is lacking.

Equity is a certain perfect reasoning, which interprets and amends the written law not embraced in any writing but consisting simply in true reason.

Equity is a sort of equality.

Equity is the plain interpretation of words of law in such manner as that where one thing only is guarded against by the words, all other things of the same kind are also guarded a

Equity is the virtue of the will, the corrector of that in which the law on account of its universality is deficient.

Equity generally makes some exception from a broad legal principle.

Equity assists ignorance, but not carelessness.

Equity gives the power of the law to him who wishes to observe it.

Equity requires like laws for like cases.

Equity does not confuse jurisdiction.

Equity favors livery and seisin.

Equity does not change the nature of a thing.

Equity aids no man to the injury of another.

Equity does not make the law but assists the law.

Equity does not cure defects in positive requirements of the law.

Equity does not suffer him who holds a true right to prosecute it to extremes.

Equity does not permit one to get double satisfaction for the same grievance.

Equity does not supply those things which may be in the hands of the petitioner.

Equity is not vague and certain but has fixed boundaries and limits.

Equity never contravenes the law.

Equity never aids contention where it can give a remedy.

Equity favors the redemption of a pledge.

Equity regards form and circumstance as of less consequence than the subject matter itself.

1. That wherever the rights or the situation of parties are clearly defined and established by law, equity has no power to change or unsettle those rights or that situation, but in

Equity dislikes superfluity.

Equity favors wives, children and creditors most.

Equity wishes by all means to arrive at truth.

Equity wishes the despoiled, the deceived and the ruined before all things to have restitution.

Doubtful meaning.

EST LEX LEgum. What is just and right is the law of laws. Hob. 224. AERARIUM (Lat. from aes, money). In the Roman law. The treasury (fiseus). Calv. Lex. AES (Lat.) In the Roman law

That which is just and good is the law of laws.

Equal; just.

* To call upon to account or answer.' To call a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer the matter charged upon him Jn the indictment. 8 Arraignmeiit. The act or proceeding of a

To plough.

See Aviation. /ES ALIENUM. In Civil Law. A debt erty of another, as distinguished from as suum, one's own. /ESNEClUS. See Anecitjs. /ESTIMATIO CAPITIS (Lat the value of a head). Th

See Accbetion. ^S. L. Money. ^s alienum. Another's money. Ma suum. One's own money. The principle of bankrupt and insolvent laws is fairly expressed by the phrase "ces alienum" whi

the term “aeronautical and space activities” means (A) research into, and the solution of, problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere, (B) the development, constr

the term “aeronautical and space vehicles” means aircraft, missiles, satellites, and other space vehicles, manned and unmanned, together with related equipment, devices, components

Aeronautical use; aeronautical purpose defined.—In this subsection, the terms "aeronautical use" and "aeronautical purpose"— (A) mean all activities that involv

Aeronautical use; aeronautical purpose defined.—In this subsection, the terms "aeronautical use" and "aeronautical purpose"— (A) mean all activities that involv

“aeronautics” means the science and art of flight.

Money.

A debt.

In old English law. Esnecy; the right or privilege of the eldest born. Spelman; Glanv. lib. 7, c. 3; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 66, §§ 5, 6. The privilege allowed the eldest daughter of dra

His own money.

Value of the head; the fine for committing a murder.

The gravity of a crime is never enhanced by subsequent occurrences.

See "De Aetate Probande."

In marine insurance. The total loss of the vessel covered by a policy of insurance, by its real and substantive destruction, by injuries which leave it no longer existing in specie

The process a bastard child, whereby

The term “AFDC program” means the program of aid to families with dependent children established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (as in

To do; to make.

In International Law. The title of a diplomatic representative or minister of an inferior grade, to whose care are confided the affairs of his nation. The term is usually applied t

A persenis concerns in trade or property; business. Montgomery v. Com., 91 Pa. 133; Bragaw v. Bolles, 51 N. J. Eq. 84, 25 Atl. 947.

To act upon. 219 111. 15. AFFECTIO TUA NOMEN IMPONIT operi tuo. Your motive gives a name to your act. Bracton, fols. 2b, 101b.

I. In old English law. To desire.

the essence of the affectation doctrine was that the exact location of this line made no difference, if the forbidden effects flowed across it to the injury of interstate commerce

In this section, the term “affected agency” means— (1) the Department; (2) the Department of Agriculture; (3) the Department of Health and Human Services; and (4) any other departm

"affected air carrier" means an air carrier, as defined in section 40102(a)(2) of title 49, that holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 411

the term "affected Aleut villages" means the surviving Aleut villages of Akutan, Atka, Nikolski, Saint George, Saint Paul, and Unalaska, and the Aleut village of Attu, Al

The term “affected community” means a legally constituted public body (as that term is used in section 1962d–5b(b) of title 42 )— (A) with jurisdiction over an area that has been s

In this paragraph, the term "affected community water system" means a community water system (as defined in section 300f(15) of this title) that receives supplies of drin

The term “affected domestic producer” means any manufacturer, producer, farmer, rancher, or worker representative (including associations of such persons) that— (A) was a petitione

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “affected employee” means— (i) an employee transferred from the Office of Thrift Supervision holding a permanent position on the day before

the term “affected employees” means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their e

The term “affected entities” includes— (A) land managers; (B) stakeholders; (C) concerned citizens; and (D) the States of the interior West, including political subdivisions of the

The term "affected government" means a State, local, or tribal government with jurisdiction over an area that will be affected by a flood.

The term “affected Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe— (A) within whose reservation boundaries a monitored retrievable storage facility, test and evaluation facility, or a reposi

the term "affected individual" means an individual covered under this subchapter who— (I) is performing service in a covered position; (II) while on duty, becomes ill or