Law Dictionary

He who begins a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has been threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words.

Injuriously affected.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “aggrieved party” means a grievant.

“aggrieved person” means a person who was a party to any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or a person against whom the interception was directed; / “Aggrieved pe

no party to a decree can, by the general principles of equity, claim a reversal of a decree upon a bill of review, unless he has been aggrieved by it; whatever may have been his ri

In Saxon law. Free from penalty (sine mulcta vel compensatione), not pensation for an offense. Spelman; Cowell.

In Saxon law. An observer or informer. AGILLARIUS (Law Lat.) In old English law. A hayward, herdward, or keeper of the herd of cattle in a common field. Cowell.

A cowherd.

The terms “Aging and Disability Resource Center”, “area agency on aging”, and “State agency” have the meanings given those terms in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (

The term “aging individual” has the meaning given the term “older individual” in section 3002 of title 42 .

The term "aging infrastructure" means a water resources development project of the Corps of Engineers, or any other water resources, water storage, or irrigation project

The term “aging network” means the network of— (A) State agencies, area agencies on aging, title VI [subchapter X of this chapter] grantees, and the Administration; and (B) organiz

The term “aging research” means research on the aging process and on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders, and complications related to aging, including menopause. Su

The term “aging services technology” means health technology that meets the health care needs of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and the caregivers of such seniors and indi

A term used in commercial transactions to denote the difference of price between the value of bank notes or other nominal money and the coin of the country. 5 Mees. & W. 535.

From agis. Speculation in public securities.

I. fr. To lie. Agisant: lying.

In ancient law. To take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king's forest, and to collect the money due for the same to the king's use. Spelman; Cowell. In modern law. To ta

tn contracts, 1. The taking of other men’s cattle on one’s own ground at a certain rate. 2 Inst. 643.—2. The profit from such feeding or pasturage.

1. 1. In old English or feeding of cattle, especially in for repairing banks, dykes or lands benefited.

Agistment.

1 1 In old English law. to assign or apportion cattle to a a tax; to use for the purposes of cattle; to feed other animals; to

1. 1 In old English law. for the repairing of sea-walls. / receiver; a person who is at once it is done. piece of land or place in the councorresponding with area in a city; acre.

The drift or numbering of cattle in the forest

[L. Lat. irora agistare, q. v.] An officer of the forest who took account of cattle there agisted; sometimes called gy St- taker or guest- taker. Cowell. Crompt. Jur. fol. 146. 4 I

See "Agistment."

Officers appointed to look after cattle, etc. See Williams, Common, 232.

The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person so taking cattle to pasture is called an "agister." S

An officer who had the charge of cattle pastured for a certain stipulated sum in the king's forest and who collected the rates. Story, Bailm. § 443; Skinner v. Caughey, 64 Minn. 37

/. A hay-ward, herd-ward, the keeper of cattle in a common field.

Lat. [from agere, q. v.] A termination in the composition of Latin words, answering to the termination age, in English, signifying service or duty: as homagium, (servitium hominis,

adgnasci, I. In the civil law. To be born to one; to have issue after making a will.

Agnasci. Lat. [from ad, to, and nascor, nasci, to be born.] In the civil law. To be born to one; to have issue after making a will. Constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum; it is clea

In Scotch law. Relations on the father's side.

agnati, adguati, I. In the civil law. Belations upon the side of the father. These include cognati, but not e converso.

In civil law. The members of a Roman family who traced their origfin and name to a common deceased ancestor through the male line, under whose paternal power they would be if he we

Derived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 236. Especially spoken of the children of a free father and slave mother. The rule in such cases was agnatio sequitur ventrem. Du Cange.

Lat. [from agnatio, q. v.] In the civil law. Relationship on the father's side; agnation. Agnatio a patre est. Inst. 3. 5. 4. Id. 3. 6. 6. Birth, especially after a will; an additi

Agnation.

Relationship on the father's side. See "Agnates."'* AGNOMEN (Lat.) A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roma

I fr. To acknowledge. Aguise, agnize: acknowledge.

A popular appellation often appended to one’s true name. Agrarian. Pertaining to land.

A surname; an additional name or title; agnomen.

Lat. Lamb of God. A piece of white wax, in a flat, oval form, like a small cake, stamped with the figure of a lamb, and consecrated by the pope. Cowell.

Relating to land or to a division or distribution of land; as an agrarian law.

In Roman law. Those laws by which the commonwealth disposed of its public land, or regulated the possession thereof by individuals, were termed "Agrarian Laws." The greater part of

A tax upon or tribute payable out of land.

By grace; not of right. Also written ex gratia. A LATERE (Lat. laius, side). In Respect to Property Rights. (1) Collateral. Used in this sense in speaking of the succession to prop

Agreement. Spelman says that it is equivalent in meaning to aggregatio mentium, though not derived therefrom. AGREEMENT (from Lat. aggregatio mentium). A coming together of parties

To agree.

To concur with or assent. Thornton v. Kelly, 11 R. I. 498; to promise or engage; Packard v. Richardson, 17 Mass. 122, 9 Am. Dec. 123; to contract; Mc Kisick v. Mc Kisick, 6 Meigs (

In Scotch law. Agreement; an agreement or contract

Settled or established by agreement. This word in a deed creates a covenant. This word is a technical term, and it is synonymous with "contracted," McKisick v. McKisick, Meigs (Ten

The term "agreed accounting standards" means modified accrual accounting standards or, for any period during which the Oversight Board determines in its sole discretion t

See Agreed

The statement of facts on which this court will inquire, if there is or is not error in the application of the law to them, is a statement of the ultimate facts or propositions whi

the concordats or treaties between the holy See and the Spanish Crown, which recognize the right of the church to possess and acquire property.

The policy agreement valuing the cargo at a specified amount is not a representation, or so regarded. It is no more than a stipulation in effect, that for purposes of computation o

deeds and instruments conveying real estate, and wills as well as contracts between parties.

The term “Agreement Area” means the area within a perimeter determined as follows: From the point on the mainland where the parallel of 40 degrees north latitude intersects the coa

It is unquestionably true in the abstract, that a certificate of survey is not legal evidence; because the examination of the surveyors themselves would be better. But parties may

The term “Agreement country” means a foreign country that has accepted the Agreement.

The term “agreement for cooperation” means any agreement with another nation or regional defense organization authorized or permitted by sections 2074, 2077, 2094, 2112, 2121(c), 2

An agreement often made in short terms preliminary to the filling out and delivery of a policy with the specific stipulations. Such an agreement, specifying the rate of premium, th

The term "Agreement on Agriculture" means the Agreement on Agriculture referred to in section 3511(d)(2) of this title. / The term “Agreement on Agriculture” means the ag

The term “Agreement on Safeguards” means the agreement referred to in section 3511(d)(13) of this title .

The terms “Antidumping Agreement”, “Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures”, and “Safeguards Agreement” mean the agreements referred to in section 3511(d)(7), (12), and

The term “Agreement on Textiles and Clothing” means the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 3511(d)(4) of this title .

The term “agreement State” means a State that— (A) has entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2021 of this title ; and (B) has authority to

although the endorser has received due notice of the dishonour of the bill, yet, if the holder afterwards enters into any new agreement with the drawer for delay, in any manner cha

The agreement having been fully and satisfactorily established by this witness, the question arises, whether there are any circumstances or other testimony disclosed in the case wh

there is a well-settled distinction between an agreement to indemnify and an agreement to pay. In the latter case, a recovery may be had as soon as there is a breach of the contrac

The common law must therefore determine the question; and under that law, a promise for a valuable consideration to make a policy of insurance is no more required to be in writing

It is a grant of authority by customer to broker, by principal to agent, revocable till executed, like agencies in general. There was no agreement to sell till the selling broker a

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “agreement vessel” includes barges and containers which are part of the complement of such vessel and which are provided for in the agreemen

or AGGREER (Law Fr.) In Old Practice. To agree. ——In French Marine Law. To rig or equip a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1.

fr. In French maritime law. To rig or equip a veeseL Agrez: the Hgging or tackle of a vessel.

The word "agrees" used in a contract ex vi termini, means that it is the agreement of both parties, both concurring on the point, whether both sign or not. 27 111. App. 231. AGREZ

Fr. In French marine law. The rigging or tackle of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art 1; Id. tit 11, art 2; Id. liv. 3, tit. 1, art 11.

Arable lands in common fields.

The term “agri-biodiesel” means biodiesel derived solely from virgin oils, including esters derived from virgin vegetable oils from corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds, ca

The term “agribusiness” includes a producer or organization engaged in an agricultural enterprise with a profit motive.

presently tillable' or 'presently fit for the plough'.

The term “Agricultural Act of 1949” means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), as in effect on the day before October 22, 2004. / Except in section 7301 of this ti

The term “Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938” means the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.), as in effect on the day before October 22, 2004.

The term “agricultural association” means any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, or ranchers, incorporated or qualified under applicable State law, which rec

the term “agricultural bank” means a bank— (i) the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) which is located in an area the economy of which

The term “agricultural biosecurity” means protection from an agent that poses a threat to— (A) plant or animal health; (B) public health as it relates to the adulteration of produc

[T]he exemption was lost not by incidental or preliminary processing but by manufacturing... [W]here the commodity retains a continuing substantial identity through the processing

In this section, the term “agricultural commodity” means an agricultural commodity, or a product of an agricultural commodity, that— (1) is produced in the United States; or (2) (A

The term “agricultural countermeasure”— (A) means a product, practice, or technology that is intended to enhance or maintain the agricultural biosecurity of the United States; and

The term “agricultural disease” has the meaning given the term by the Secretary.

The term “agricultural disease emergency” means an incident of agricultural disease that requires prompt action to prevent significant damage to people, plants, or animals.

The term “agricultural employer” means any person who owns or operates a farm, ranch, processing establishment, cannery, gin, packing shed or nursery, or who produces or conditions

The term “agricultural employment” means employment in any service or activity included within the provisions of section 3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 20

The term “agricultural enterprise” has the meaning given the term in section 647(b) of this title .

As used in this chapter, the term “agricultural enterprises” means those small business concerns engaged in the production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aq

The terms “agricultural grain” and “grain” mean any agricultural commodity (A) that is suitable for processing into alcohol for use as a fuel, and (B) with respect to which a price

Land cultivated for profit in some way. Within the meaning of the English Agricultural Holdings act of 1SS3, the term will not include natural grass lands. Such lands are pastoral

The term “agricultural inputs” includes all farm management, agronomic, and field-applied agricultural production inputs, such as machinery, labor, time, fuel, irrigation water, co