Law Dictionary

Weapons offensive and defensiva v. Arma; Force and arms.

The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all k

To dub or make a knight.

The term “ARMS Initiative” means the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative authorized by this chapter. / The term "ARMS Initiative" means the Armament R

The essence of the test is whether or not under all the circumstances the transaction carries the earmarks of an arm's length bargain.

where property is exchanged to hold that the values 'of the two properties exchanged in an arms-length transaction are either equal in fact or are presumed to be equal

Lat. [L. Fr. arme.] A weapon. Armum molutum; a sharp weapon. Bract. fol. 138, 145.

L fr. Arms; armor; armed men.

In this title, the term "Army" means the Army or Armies referred to in the Constitution of the United States, less that part established by law as the Air Force.

The term “Army arsenal” means a Government-owned, Government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both. / The term

The term “Army industrial facility” includes an ammunition plant, an arsenal, a depot, and a manufacturing plant. / The term "Army industrial facility" includes an ammuni

The term “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—

The term “Army National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Army all of whose members are members of the Army National Guard. / “Army National Guard of t

The power of the executive to establish rules and regulations for the government of the army, is undoubted... The power to establish implies, necessarily, the power to modify or re

A misprint for a Trvalia or aralia; copied in many of the books. See Aralia.

The term “alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorders” or “ARND” means, with a history of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, central nervous system abnormalities, whic

1. 1 In civil and old English laio. A place where reeds grow..Irnra, arrura, I. I. In old English law. A or the ploughing; the< labor of ploughing; a day's work at the plough. Ai T

In old pleadings. grocer. But see 1 Vent. 142.

A word formerly used for a grocer. 1 Vent. 142.

This word, when employed to express one of the qualities ofa

The term “ARPA–E” means the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy established by subsection (b).

The term “ARPA–I” means the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Infrastructure established by subsection (b).

Same as Arpent.

A measure of land of uncertain quantity mentioned in Domesday and other old books; by some called an "acre," by others "half an acre," and by others a "furlong." Spelman; Cowell; B

Arpennus, Arpendus^ Arpentum. L. Lat. An arpent; a measiu-e of land frequently mentioned m Domesday Book. Spelman. Various other forms of the word occur m old laws and writers; as

A measure of land, of uncertain amount. It was called "arpent," also. Spelman; Cowell. In French Law. A measure of different amount in each of the sixty-four provinces. Guyot, Rep.

or ARPEN. A quantity of land containing a French acre. 4 riall. Law I. 518.

A land surveyor.

In civil law. Earneet; evidence of a completed bargain. Used of a contract of marriage, as well as any other. Spelled, also, arrha, arrae. Calv. Lex. ARRAGE (Law Fr.) Mad or Insane

A spirit procured from distillation of the cocon-nut tree, rice, or sugar- ¢ane, und imported from India.

See Arra .

I. fr. Mad or insane, v. Home, etc.

1. 1 In old English law. An arraying or array; the array, v. Array; Calumpniavit, etc.

L I In old English law. To array; to set in order. Arraiatus: arrayed. Arraiatio pedituiu; an arraying of foot-soldiers, v. Array,

I I. In old English law. Array ers; commissioners of array; ofl Bcers who had care of the soldiers' armor.

Indefinite and unlawful services formerly demanded of servants.

To call a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer the matter charged in the indictment. 2 Hale, P. C. 216. To set in order. An assize may be arraigned. Litt. § 242; 3 Mod. 273;

I. fr. In old English law. To arraign, v. Arraign.

The object of arraignment being to inform the accused of the charge against him and obtain an answer from him was fully subserved in this case, for the accused had taken objections

CLERK OF. An assistant to the clerk of assise.

arranare, arannare, I. I. In old English law. To arraign; to conduct in an orderly manner; to prosecute, institute or bring.

Lat. [from arraiare, q. v.] An arraying or array. Co. Litt. 166 a. See Array.

I. I. A word of frequent occurrence in Bracton, and constantly applied to the ancient proceeding by assise; usually translated by the modern word arraign, arramare having been corr

An ancient officer of a port, whose business was to load and unload vessels.

any plan of a debtor for the settlement, satisfaction, or extension of the time of payment of his unsecured debts, upon any terms

DEED OF. A term used in England to express an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

In Spanish law. The donation which the husband makes to his wife, by reason or on account of marriage, and in consideration of the dote, or portion, which he receives, from her. As

In practice. The whole body of jurors summoned to attend a court, as they are arrayed or arranged on the panel. See "Challenge;" Dane, Abr. Index; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 536; Comyn, Di

A ranking or setting in order; the order in which jurors' names are ranked in the panel containing them; the panel itself; the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court v.

I. fr. To array, v. Arayer.

An English military officer in the early part of the fifteenth century. His duties were similar to those of the modern Lord Lieutenant of a county.

8 Back, remaining back: unpaid, though due. Arrears. Money unpaid after it is due; as, of interest, dividends, rent, taxes, wages, pensions, alimony, dower. " In arrear" — overdue

money remaining unpaid after it becomes due; as rent unpaid; interest remaining due; Pow. Mortgages, Index, h. t.; a sum of money remaining in the hands of an accountant. Merl. Rép

Arrears. ARREARS (Pr.) The remainder of an account or sum of money in the hands of an accountant. Any money due and unpaid at a given time. Cowell; Spelman.

Moneys which are past due.

Money unpaid at the due time, as rent behind; the remainder due after payment of a part of an account; money in the hands of an accounting party. Cowell; Hollingsworth v. Willis, 6

To accuse. Arrectati, those accused or suspected. ARRENDAMIENTO (Spanish). In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land (heredac^. White, New Recop. bk. 2,

arrette, arete, I fr. Accused of crima

Arretare. L. Lat. [from ad, to, and rectare, to charge; or rectum, Norm, rette, an accusation.] In old criminal law. To accuse or charge; to accuse before a court; to summon to cou

An old Scotch form of arrest

I I. To arraign. Arrenatus: arraigned, accused, v. Arraign.

(Spanish) A lease of realty.

arrendar. In old Scots law. To let at a certain rent

In old English law. To let or demise at a fixed rent. Particularly used with reference to the public domain or crown lands; as where a license was granted to inclose land in a fore

I. I. In old English law. To rate or assess; to let at a certain sum, or rent v. Arrent.

A renting.

To plough.

arrieragium, I. I. In old English and Scots law. An arrearage; the balance due on account; a residue or remainder; rent due and unpaid, v. Arrears.

To plough.

Arerisment. L. Fr. Sfrom arrere, back, behind.] A hindrance; lelay; putting back. L. Fr. Diet. Kelham. * To ARREST. [L. Lat. arrestare, arestare, from Fr. arrester, arester, to sto

The mere fact that a man has been arrested has very little, if any, probative value in showing that he has engaged in any misconduct. An arrest shows nothing more than that someone

The act of stopping or staying a person or proceeding by authority of law. The restraint of a person's liberty by the actual seizure or apprehension of his body, or otherwise, in e

A writ which pending litigation prevented an irresponsible party to the action from making away with chattels involved.

In old English law. A writ which issued for apprehending a person who had taken the'king's prest money to serve in the wars, and then hid himself in order to avoid going.

A writ to arrest one who had received money for enlistment in the army and had then disappeared.

To effect an arrest.

An arrest may not be used as a pretext to search for evidence.

In old English law. An arrest, (q. v.)

In Scotch law. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he make payment of the sum or

in the law of Seotland, is he in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he shall make paym

In Scotch law. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of his debtor's goods or movable obligations. Ersk. Inst. 3. 6. 1.

In Scotch law. One who snes ont and obtains an arrestment of his debtor’s goods or movable obligations. Ersk. inst. 8, 6, 1,

practice. An arrest is the apprehension of a person by virtue of a lawful authority, to answer the demand against him ina civil action. Arrests are made either on mesne or final pr

Arrestment,' a word derived from the English statute, is a word of Scotch origin, and derived from the Scottish law, and thus defined by Bouvier: 'The order of a judge, by which he

A Scotch writ by which a defendant was brought within the jurisdiction by attachment of his goods.

In Scotch law. A process to bring a foreigner within the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The warrant attaches a foreigner's goods within the jurisdiction, and these will no

A writ against the goods of aliens found in England, in recompense of goods taken from a denizen in a foreign country, after denial of restitution.—Black.

Pleading in arrest of taking the inquest on a former issue, and showing cause why an inquest should not be taken. Wharton. ARRESTANDiS BONIS NE DISSIPENtur. In English law. A writ

An order made after verdict refusing to enter judgment by reason of an error on the face of the record. See 142 Mo. 322, 44 S. W. 224.

It is not against every 'unlawful arrest' that the underwriter undertakes to indemnify, but against 'unlawful arrests, &c. of all kings, princes, and people,' which have always bee

I. I. In old English law. Arrest

The purpose of the complaint is to enable the appropriate magistrate to determine whether the 'probable cause' required to support a warrant exists. The Commissioner must judge for

Fr. A judgment, sentenco or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. The term is derived from the French law, and is used in Canada and Louisiana. 8aisie arrit is an attachment

arrettare, arrectare, I. I. In old English law. To accuse or charge; to summon for the purpose of accusing; to summon to answer a charge. Arrettatl: accused or charged.

I., axiettei, fr. To accuse.

Arraigned.

Same as Arra.

An earnest paid to bind a bargain.

In the civil law. Money or other valuable things given by the buyer to the seller, for the purpose of evidencing the contract; earnest. There are two kinds of arrhae: One kind give

Services of an indefinite amount formerly exacted from tenants under the Scotch law. Bell, Diet.