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The term “annual report on trafficking in persons” means the annual report on trafficking in persons required under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “annual retirement benefit” means a benefit payable annually in the form of a single life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) beginning at
The term “annual statement” means the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. / The term “annual statement” m
The net yearly income derivable from a given piece of property ; its fair rental value for oue year, deducting costs and expenses; the value of iis use for a year.
A judge himself does not sever either a debt or an annuity.
A judge (or court) does not divide annuities nor debt. 8 Coke, 52; 1 Salk. 36, 65. Debt and annuity cannot be divided or apportioned by a court.
See "De Annua Pensione."
“annuitant” means a former employee or Member who, on the basis of his service, meets all requirements of this subchapter for title to annuity and files claim therefor; / the term
In Scotch law. Annuities of tithes. The yearly tax or allowance to the crown on tithes not set apart for pious uses. ANNUITY (Lat. annuus, yearly). A yearly sum stipulated to be pa
- annuitydefined inCase LawU.S. CodeBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)
The right to receive disability benefits in the future does not differ from any other right acquired before adjudication to receive money thereafter. It is in essence an annuity pu
The term “annuity contract” includes a custodial account described in section 403(b)(7) and a retirement income account described in section 403(b)(9). / For purposes of this part,
The term “annuity starting date” means— (i) the first day of the first period for which an amount is payable as an annuity, or (ii) in the case of a benefit not payable in the form
An impost levied annually in Scotland for the maintenance of the ministers of religion. Abolished 33 & 34 Vict. c. 87. ANNULUS (Lat.) In old English law. A ring; the ring of a door
To nullify; to set at naught; to make void. See 22 Mo. 24.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “annular injection” means the reinjection of brines associated with the production of oil or gas between the production and surface casing
Lat. In old English law. A ring; the ring of a door. Per haspam vel annutum hostii exterioris; by the hasp or ring of the outer door. Fleta, llb. 3, c. 15, § 5.
- Annulus et baculusdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
The ring and the staff, symbols used in the investiture of a bishop.
- Annusdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
A year.
DIES, ET VASTUM. In old Annus est mora motus quo suum planeta pervolvat circulum, A year is the duration of the motion by which a planet revolves through its orbit. Dig. 40, 7, 4,
The year which the Scotch law gives the heir to determine whether he will take an inheritance.
In old English law. Year, day, and waste. See Year , Day, and Waste.
A year is the time of motion in which a planet revolves in its orbit.
A year is the duration of the motion by which a planet revolves through its orbit. Dig. 40, 7, 4, 5; Calvin.; Bract. 359b.
A year and a day.
A year begun is held as completed. Tray. Lat. Max. 45.
The beginning of a year is considered to be the completion of it.
The year of mourning immediately succeeding a husband’s death and during which his widow could not remarry. See 1 Bl. Comm. 456.
- Annus Utilisdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
A year made up of available or serviceable days. Brissonius; Calv. Lex. ANNUUS REDITUS (or REDDITUS). A yearly rent; annuity. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 41; Reg. Orig. 158b.
- Annuus reditusdefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
An annuity; an annual rent.
the term “an officer of a financial institution” means an officer, director, partner, employee, agent, or attorney of or for a financial institution; and
Irregular; exceptional; unusual; not conforming to rule, method or type. —Anomalous indorser. A stranger to a note, who indorses it after its execution and delivery but before matu
A stranger to a note, who indorses it after its execution and delivery but before maturity, and before it has been indorsed by the payee. Buck v. Hutchins, 45 Minn. 270, 47 N. W. 8
One which is partly affirmative and partly negative. Baldwin v. Elizabeth, 42 N. J. Eq. 11, 6 Atl. 275; Potts v. Potts (N. J. Ch.) 42 Atl. lO55
In this subsection, the term "anomaly" means any unplanned, irregular, or abnormal event, whether unexplained or caused intentionally or unintentionally by a person or a
Abbreviations for anonymous.
- A non posse ad non esse sequitur, argumentum necessarie negativedefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
The negative inference necessarily follows from impossibility to nonexistence. What cannot be is not.
In this subsection, the term “anonymized data” means data in which the individual to whom the data pertains is not identifiable with reasonable efforts, including information that
- Anonymousdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Bouvier (1839)
Without name. Books published without the name of the author are said to be anonymous. Cases in the reports of which the names of the parties are not given are said to be anonymous
different from that which precedes it.
admissions to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
loans secured by mortgage upon the residence of the borrower and made for domestic purposes.
To annoy.
Annoyance; nuisance. Coweli; Kelhain.
The tenure or nature of the right given by the superior to the vassal. Bell, Diet.
In old English law. An ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one's finger or hand by the middle, showed the
i. /r. Likewise; in like manner.
The term “ANSI” means the American National Standards Institute.
ausinc, aussin, ausoys, ausieu, I. fr. Also
The term “ANSI standard” means a standard developed by a committee accredited by the American National Standards Institute.
In medical Jurisprudence. (1) Loss of sensation or insensibility to pain, general or local, induced by the administration or application of certain drugs such as ether, nitrous oxi
- Answerdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
— —In Equity Pleading. A defense in writing, made by a defendant to the charges contained in a bill or information filed by the plaintiff against him in a court of equity. In Code
If a Defendant asserts a fact which is not and cannot be within his own knowledge, the nature of his testimony cannot be changed by the positiveness of his assertion.
The general rule which prevails in chancery is that the answer of one defendant cannot be used as evidence against his co-defendant; and it is the opinion of the court that this ca
There is antagonism whenever the management is aligned against the stockholder and defends a course of conduct which he attacks. ... Whenever the management refuses to take action
I. fr. As much; so much; like as.
A signed acknowledgment of a debt by which the debtor is bound.
the term “Antarctica” means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude; / The term “Antarctica” means the area south of the Antarctic Convergence as defined in section 2432(1) of
The term “Antarctic Convergence” means a line joining the following points along the parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude: 50 degrees south, 0 degrees; 50 degrees south
For the purposes of this subsection, the term “Antarctic joint activity” means any Federal activity in Antarctica which is proposed to be conducted, or which is conducted, jointly
The term “Antarctic marine living resources” means the population of finfish, molluscs, crustaceans and all other species of living organisms, including birds, found south of the A
The term “Antarctic mineral resource activity” means prospecting, exploration, or development in Antarctica of mineral resources, but does not include scientific research within th
“Antarctic Protocol” means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in Madrid, and all annexes thereto, and includes any future ame
the term “Antarctic Specially Protected Area” means an area identified as such pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol;
- Antedefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
Before.
Lat. Formerly; heretofore.
I Going before; antecedent v. Ad proximum, etc.; Ex antecedentibus, etc. '
- Antecessordefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
An ancestor (g. v.)
To put a date to an Instrument of a time before the time it was written. ANTENATI (Lat. bom before). Those bbrn in a country before a change in its political condition such as to a
To date back.
Before the exhibition of the bill; before suit begun.
or ANTE GE8TUM. Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.
Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.
A former act.
- Antejuramentumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
or JURAMENtum calumnlae (Lat.) The oath formerly required of the parties previous to a suit, — of the plaintiff that he would prosecute, and of the defendant that he was innocent.
Before the filing of the suit.
Those born prior to a great political event; those born here before the Declaration of Independence.
I. I. Born before; that is, before another person; born be-
Born before. A person born before another person or before a particular event. The term is particularly applied to one boro in a country before a revolution, change of government o
Lat. From ante and netus. Born before. A person born before another person or before a particular event. The term is particularly applied to one born in a country before a revoluti
The term "antenna structure project"— (A) means a project to construct a structure located within two nautical miles of the geographic center of any intercontinental ball
Before marriage; before marriage, with a view to entering into marriage.
Before marriage.
One made before marriage.
Before sunset.
Before all other things.
In right of another, e. pr., a trustee holds trust property in right of his cestui que trust. A prochein amy sues in right of an infant. 2 BL Comm. 176.
The act or mode of authenticating, first of the wife of the sister or daughter of an the empress or queen ia to the laws. A hall, or court; the house; the usual apin the modern sen
1. In the civil law. An original instrument or writing; the original of a will or other instrument
_ obsolete.— When a man was accused of an offence, and he endeavoured to discharge himself of the fact by recriminating and charging the accuser with the same fact, he was called a
“anthracite” means coals with a volatile ratio equal to 0.12 or less;
The term "anthropogenic cause" means an anthropogenic event, such as an oil spill or spillway opening— (i) that could not have been addressed or prevented by fishery mana
A word given by a French savant, Alphonse Bertillon, to a system of identification depending on the unchanging character of certain measurements of parts of the human frame. It was
any drug intended for use by man containing any quantity of any chemical substance which is produced by a microorganism and which has the capacity to inhibit or destroy microorgani
In Civil Law. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the income from the property which he has pledged, in lieu of the interest on his debt. Guyot, Rupert.; Story B
A Roman pledge under which the lender took the use of the property in lieu of interest.
“Anticipated cost of removal” means the projected cost of removal of wood residues from timber sales areas to points of prospective use, as determined by the Secretary at the time
In a number of cases where this Court has allowed recovery for the loss of anticipated profits, it has emphasized its finding of a demonstrated willingness, readiness and capacity,
“Anticipated value” means the projected value of wood residues as fuel or other merchantable wood products, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timbe
I. In the civil law. A taking or assuming beforehand; the taking of a thing for true, without proof; anticipation.
The premature doing of an act.