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With intent to remain.
With intent to delay.
With intent to possess.
With intent to receive.
With intent to stay away.
With the intention of republishing.
With a disposition to come back.
With the intention of making a will. See 28 Am. St. Rep. 495.
Mind; intent.
It is to the intention that all law applies. ANIMUS HOMINIS EST ANIMA SCRIPtl. The Intention of the party is the soul ot
An intention to destroy or cancel. See Cancellation.
An intention to destroy or cancel. Se^ "Cancellation." Animus Capiendl. The intention to take. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 126, 155. Animus Dedicandl. The intention of donating or dedicating. A
The intention to take or capture. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 126, 155
The intention to take. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 126, 155.
The intention of donating or dedicating.
The intention of defaming. The phrase expresses the malicious intent which is essential in every case of verbal injury to render it the subject of an action for libel or slander.
The intention of abandoning. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 216. Rhodes v. Whitehead, 27 Tex. 304, 84 Am. Dec. 631.
The intention of obtaining delay.
The intention of giving. Expressive of the intent to give which is necessary to constitute a gift.
Intention and act; will and deed. Used to denote those acts which become effective only when accompanied by a particular intention.
The intention to steal. In order to constitute larceny, the thief must take the property animo furandi; but this is expressed in the definition of larceny by the word felonious; Co
The intention of a man is the spirit of his writing.
The intention to gain or profit. 3 Kent 357.
The intention of remaining. To acquire a domicile, the party must have his abode in one place, with the intention of remaining there; for, without such intention, no new domicile c
The intention to remain, or to delay.
The intention of possessing.
The intention of receiving.
The intention of recovering. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, o. 4, § 10. Animus Republlcandl. The intention to republish. Animus Restltuendl. The intention of restoring. Animus Reverten
An intention of restoring. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 3.
The intention of returning. A man retains his domicil if ho leaves it animo revertendi; In re Miller's Estate, 3 Rawle (Pa.) 312, 24 Am. Dec. 345; 4 Bla. Com. -:'.">; 2 Russ. Cr. 2
The inten tlon to revoke.
An Intention to make a testament or will. This is required to make a valid will; for, whatever form may have been adopted, if there was no
dividvieg. Gr. [from dtv^rjfii, to ascend.] In the civil law. Persons in the ascending line; ascendants. Nov. 118, c. 2.
Antic,//. Old time, of old.
Year, day and waste.
A measure containing ten gallons.
- Anndefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
or ANNAT. In Scotch Law. Half a year's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Whishaw; B
In East Indian coinage, a piece of money, the sixteenth part of a rupee,
A title given to the Year Books. Burrill, Law Diet Young cattle; yearlings. Cowell.
The Year-books.
In Scotch law. To alienate; to convey.
Sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 33, par., 6.
- Annatesdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
In ecclesiastical law. First fruits paid out of spiritual benefices to the pope, being the value of one year's profit. ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, nexwre, to bind). The union of one t
Queen of England from 1702 to 1714; year.
To add to; to unite; to attach one thing permanently to another. The word expresses the idea of joining a smaller or subordinate thing with another, larger or of higher importance.
- Annexationdefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
The affixing of chattels to land in such manner that they become in law a part of it. See. 14 Cal. 64.
The terms "MARPOL", "Annex V", and "Convention" have the meaning given those terms under section 1901(a) of this title. / The terms “MARPOL”, “Annex V
A one year old child.
- Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramurdefined inBallentine's (1916)
A child is said to be a year old on the 365th day, after the beginning of the day, not at the end of it, because we reckon the civil year not by moments, but by days.
- Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia icisum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramurdefined inBlack's (1910)
We call a child a year old on the three hundred and sixty-fifth day, when the day is fairly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civll year not by moments, but by days. Di
Abrogated; set at naught.
An old name for the Year-books.
- Anni Nubilesdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
(Lat. marriageable years). The age at which a girl becomes by law fit for marriage; the age of twelve. ANNICULUS (Lat.) A child a year old. Calv. Lex. ANNICULUS TRECENTESIMO SEXAge
Applied to the payment of interest imports, not an undertaking to pay at the end of a year, but at the end of every year during the period of time, fixed or contingent. 2 A note pa
An annual day, In old ecclesiastical law, set apart in memory of a deceased person. Also called "year day" or "mind day." Spelman.
In old Scots law. A yearly rent, revenue or duty, paid at certain times.
annyte, anute, I. fr., Annuity. A sum payable yearly by the grantor thereof, in fee, for life or for years, and charging his person only; an action, now disused, to recover the sam
In the year of our Lord; since the birth of Christ.
- Annonadefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
Yearly contributions of food for one’s support.
Yearly rents Issuing out of certain lands, and payable to monasteries.
A species of yearly rents issuing out of certain lands, and payable to certain monasteries.
adnotare, I In the civil law. To mark upon; to designate; to designate a place of deportation; to give notice to appear and defend.
In the civil law. The sign-manual of the emperor; a rescript of the emperor, signed with his own hand. It is distinguished both from a rescript and pragmatic sanction, in Cod. 4, 5
In civil law. (1) The answers of the prince to questions put to him by private persons respecting some doubtful point of law. See "Rescript." (2) Summoning an absentee. Dig. 1. 5.
See Adnotatione principis. ip««ak A judge does not divide annuities nor debt. S Co. 52. l Salk.Z6,es. Debt and annuity cannot be divided or apportkmed by a court. A maxim of the ol
The act of announcing or giving public notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. 170 III. 634. ANNUA NEC DEBITUM JUDEX NON separat ipse. Even the judge divides not a
A nuisance.
Occurring or recurring once in each year; continuing for the period of a year; accruing within the space of a year; relating to or covering the events or affairs of a year. State v
The general principal underlying the income tax statutes, ever since the adoption of the Sixteenth Amendment, has been the computation of gains and losses on the basis of an annual
The federal income tax system is based upon an annual accounting period. This requires that gains or losses be accounted for in the year in which they are realized. The purpose of
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “annual accrual method of accounting” means a method under which revenues, costs, and expenses are computed on an accrual method of accounti
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “annual addition” means the sum of any year of— (A) employer contributions, (B) the employee contributions, and (C) forfeitures. / For purpo
The term “Annual Adjustment Factor” means 3 percent.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term "annual advance amount" means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the amount (if any) which is
An annual trial of the gold and silver coin of the United States, to ascertain whether the standard fineness and weight of the coinage is maintained.
the annual labor required by section 2324, that being commonly called by miners the 'annual assessment' or the 'assessment work,' and so described in many judicial opinions and in
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “annual benefit” means a benefit payable annually in the form of a straight life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) under a plan to which
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “annual capacity limitation” means 1.8 gigawatts of direct current capacity for each of calendar years 2023 and 2024, and zero thereafter.
For purposes of this section, the term “annual, coordinated election period” means— (i) with respect to a year before 2002, the month of November before such year; (ii) with respec
The term “Annual Critical Minerals Outlook” means the Annual Critical Minerals Outlook prepared under section 1606(j)(1)(B) of title 30 .
During any calendar year, the number of such devices distributed during that year under each exemption granted under this subsection does not exceed the annual distribution number
The term “annual financial statement” means the annual financial statement required under section 3515 of this title or similar provision of law.
The term “annual fuel utilization efficiency” means the efficiency descriptor for furnaces and boilers, determined using test procedures prescribed under section 6293 of this title
Annual gains and profits, whether divided or not, are property, and, therefore, are taxable.
The annual receipts from property. See Income; Tax.
The term “annual interest to be paid or incurred” means— (A) if subparagraph (B) does not apply, the annual interest to be paid or incurred by the issuing corporation only, determi
The term "annualized excludable disability amount" means, with respect to any individual, the service-connected excludable disability amounts which are properly attributa
The term “annualized includible compensation for the base period” means the average annual compensation which— (A) was payable by the corporation with respect to which the change i
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “annualized tax” means, with respect to any payment, the amount of tax which would be imposed by section 1(c) 1 (determined without regard t
The term “annual limit” means, with respect to benefits under a group health plan, a dollar limitation on the total amount of benefits that may be paid with respect to such benefit
Yearly; returning every year. As applied to interest it is not an undertaking to pay interest at the end of one year only, but to pay interest at the end of each and every year dur
The term "annual operating plan" means a plan prepared by the Secretary that describes potential water condition scenarios for a river basin for a year.
In Scotch law. Annual rent or profit.
Descriptive explanations of the terms “amount financed”, “finance charge”, “annual percentage rate”, “total of payments”, and “total sale price” as specified by the Bureau. The des
The term “annual percentage yield” means the total amount of interest that would be received on a $100 deposit, based on the annual rate of simple interest and the frequency of com
The term “annual rate of simple interest”— (A) means the annualized rate of interest paid with respect to each compounding period, expressed as a percentage; and (B) may be referre
For purposes of this subsection, the term "annual reminder notice" means the notice described in section 111(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. /
In Scotch law. Interest. To avoid the law against taking interest, a yearly rent was purchased, hence the term
The term “Annual Report” means the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom described in section 6412(b) of this title . / The term “Annual Report” means the Annual Report
The term “Annual Report on Advancing Freedom and Democracy” refers to the annual report submitted to Congress by the Department of State pursuant to section 665(c) of the Foreign R