Law Dictionary

AfteT.

Afternoon.

After that.

To take.

From a prospective viewpoint.

the term “a private area of the individual” means the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast of that individual;

In Spanish law. Approvement or improvement and enjoyment of public lands. As applied to pueblo lands, it has particular reference to the commons, and includes not only the actual e

Fit; suitable; proper.

Fit for a husband; marriageable; a woman who has reached marriageable years.

A girl of marriageable age.

Apt time sometimes depends upon lapse of time ; as, where a thing is required to be done at the first term, or within a given time, it cannot be done afterwards. But the phrase mor

Correct technical words, requiring no latitude of construction to give them the meaning intended. APTA VI RO A marriageable woman; sometimes used to denote that she is of legal age

With; at the house of; at; among.

Among the recorded acts.

Fr. Appurtenances. Used by Britton as another name for incorporeal things, {choses nent corpora,) or rights in land. BritL c. 64.

I In the civil law. The right of conducting water through the land of another.

L A duct or passage for water; a canal or trench for leading ofE water, especially from marshy grounds. Aquagangium: the passage or flow of water; a trench or drain to 6arry off wa

Water.

A thread of water; a water; the middle line of astream of supposed to divide it into two equal forest. 2 Bl. Comm. 419; 4 Inst. 303. LUM Vi At. The thread or middle 7@ of a road. A

Water that was drawn in summer only.

The water yields or accompanies the soil. The grant of the soil or land carries the water. Hale, de Jur. Mar. pt. 1, c. 1; 2 Bl. Comm. 18.

Covered with water. 2 P. Wms. 128.

To cooperate with Federal, State, territorial, and other public agencies and local nonprofit organizations in developing plans for a program of land conservation and land utilizati

The term “aquaculture facility” means any land, structure, or other appurtenance that is used for aquaculture and is located in any State. Such term includes, but is not limited to

Running water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 6, § 3. AQUA CURRIT ET DEBET CURRERE ut currere solebat. Water runs and ought to run as it has used to run. 3 Rawle (Pa.) 84, 88; 26 Pa. St. 413; 3

Running water.

Water runs and should run as it is wont to run by natural right. See 30 L. R. A. 820.

Water runs, and ought to run, as it has used to run. 3 Bnlst. 339; 3 Kent, Comm. 439. A running stream should be left to flow in its natural channel, without alteration or diversio

In civil law. A servitude which consists in the right to carry water by means of pipes or conduits over or through the estate of another. Dig. 8. 3. 1; Inst. 2. 3; Lalaure des Serv

Fresh water.

Fresh water. Reg. Orig. 97 ; Bract fobs. 117, 135.

In civil law. A servitude which consists in the right to draw water from the fountain, pool, or spring of another. Inst. 2. 3. 2; Dig. 8. 3. 1. 1.

In civil law A servitude which frequently occurs among neighbors. It is the right which the owner of a house, built in such a manner as to be surrounded with other buildings, so th

Spring water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27, § 8.

Fresh water.

Toll charged for carrying water.

A waterway.

Flowing or running water. Dig. 1. 8. 2.

Water available at all times.

Salt water. Reg. Orlg. 97. AQUA TRE8T0RNATA, A stream turned out of its course.

In Roman law. Summer water; water tbat was used in summer only Dig. 43, 20, 1, 3, 4

“aquatic nuisance species” means a nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or the ecological stability of infested waters, or commercial,

The term “Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force” means the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established by section 4721(a) of this title .

the term “aquatic resource education program” means a program designed to enhance the public's understanding of aquatic resources and sportfishing, and to promote the development o

Rights which individuals have to the use of water, and to lands under water. Includes rights of fishing, navigation, etc. ARABANT (Lat.) They ploughed. Applied to vassals who were

The term “aquatic species” means any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant.

In the civil law. A servitude which consists in the right to carry water by means of pipes or conduits over or through the estate of another. Dig. 8, 3, 1; Inst. 2, 3.

In the civil law. A servitude which consists in the right to draw water from the fountain, pool or spring of another. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Dig. 8, 3, 1, 1.

A civll law easement or servitude, consisting In the right of one whose house is surrounded with other buildings to cast waste water upon the adjacent roofs or yards. Similar to th

From which.

From which. The judge or court from which a cause has been brought by error or appeal or has otherwise been removed, is termed the judge or court a quo; a qua. Abbott

Anno regni, the year of the reign; as, A. R. V. R. 22, (Anno Regni Victories Reginæ vicesimo secundo,) in the twenty-second year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

They ploughed.

Fr. To erase; to deface. L. Fr. Diet. Kelham.

Fr. To root up; to grub or pull up by the roots. Id.

I. fr. Rooted; taken root

aracer, I. fr. To root up.

Fr. Shall have been. Kelham.

In feudal law. To make oath in the church or some other holy place. Cowell; Spelman. ARAHUM (Law Lat. from Saxon or, reverence). A consecrated place. ARALIA (Lat. arare). Land fit

Arable land.

To plough.

See Aralia .

A plow-man; a farmer of arable land.

Lat. [fromofA^ irum, a pipijghi and faster, a snuth.] A plough-wright. Toums. PL 237. ARATRUMTERR-^. L.Lat. A plough of land; a plough land; as much land as could be tilled with on

I. I. In old English law. A plough of land; as much land as could be tilled wi);h one plow.

In old English law. A plow of land; a plow-land; as much land as could be tilled with one plow. Whis-haw.

Land ploughable with one plough.

A plough-land, and reject; to take adreject the rest. of an ecclesiastical benesole or aggregate. Ap- Application. To improve; to culticrime who confessed the [appealed] another of

The plowing of land by the tenant, or vassal, in the service of his lord. Whishaw.

Land suitable for the plow; arable land. Spelman.

araer, arair, I. fr. To prepare; to array; to settle.

A person bound to decide according to the rules of law and equity, as that it be according to the judgment of a sound man. Cowell. This distinction between arbiters and arbitrators

An order to arbitrate the particular grievance should not be denied unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretatio

Transactions of bankers and mercantile houses by which stocks or bills are bought in one market and sold in another for the sake of the profit arising from a difference in price in

For purposes of section 103, the term “arbitrage bond” means any bond issued as part of an issue any portion of the proceeds of which are reasonably expected (at the time of issuan

an arbitrator is confined to interpretation and application of the collective bargaining agreement; he does not sit to dispense his own brand of industrial justice. He may of cours

The award or decision of arbitrators upon a matter of dispute, which has been submitted to them. Termes de la Ley. —Arbitrament and award. A plea to an action brought for the same

A plea to an action brought for the same cause which had been submitted to arbitration, and on which an award had been made. Watson, Arb. 256.

A just arbitration renders to each what is his.

A just arbitration renders to every one his own. Noy, Max. 248.

to mean an act done 'without adequate determining principle; not founded in the nature of things; not done or acting according to reason or judgment'; "an unnecessary "act.

It would be arbitrary, in the proper sense of the term, for an official to act in the teeth of a statute or stubbornly to refuse to act at all where a statute commands action, but

An order based upon a finding made without evidence, or upon a finding made upon evidence which clearly does not support it, is an arbitrary act against which courts afford relief.

What has been ordered must appear to be 'so entirely at odds with fundamental principles of correct accounting' as to be the expression of a whim rather than an exercise of judgmen

the court must consider whether the decision was based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there has been a clear error of judgment. Although this inquiry into t

An ordinance which commits to a board, committee, or single official the power to make an arbitrary classification for purposes of taxation would meet neither the requirement of du

The difference between a free and an arbitrary government is that in the former limits are assigned to those to whom the administration is committed, but the latter depends on the

[T]his provision is to be construed, in the light of the well-established rule in analogous cases, as merely giving the court authority to determine whether, upon the facts and law

A finding without substantial evidence to support it—an arbitrary or capricious finding—does violence to the law. It is without the sanction of the authority conferred.

In practice. That punishment which is left to the decision of the judge, in distinction from those defined by statute. ARBITRATION (Lat. arbitratio). In practice. The investigation

The remedy by arbitration, whatever its merits or shortcomings, substantially affects the cause of action created by the State. The nature of the tribunal where suits are tried is

A plea raising the defense that the matter has been settled by an arbitration.

A stipulation in a policy to refer all disputes to arbitration stands upon a different footing. That is held invalid, because it is an attempt to oust the courts of jurisdiction by

A clause inserted in a contract providing for compulsory arbitration in case of dispute as to rights or liabilities under it; ineffectual if it purports to oust the courts of juris

Where a merchant pays his debts in one country by a bill of exchange upon another. 2 Mill. Pol. Econ. 168. t

Arbitration provisions, which themselves have not been repudiated, are meant to survive breaches of contract, in many contexts, even total breach

a private extraordinary judge chosen by the parties who have a matter in dispute, invested with power to decide the same. In order to clothe a person with the authority of an arbit

Arbitrators are judges chosen by the parties to decide the matters submitted to them, finally and without appeal. As a mode of settling disputes, it should receive every encouragem

1. 1. In old English law. Awarded, v. Idem arbitratores, etc.

In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes Imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise, to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from "proprios,