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the term “person associated with a municipal advisor” or “associated person of an advisor” means— (A) any partner, officer, director, or branch manager of such municipal advisor (o

the term “associated person of a securities holding company” means a person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, a securities holding co

The term “associated person of a swap dealer or major swap participant” means a person who is associated with a swap dealer or major swap participant as a partner, officer, employe

The term “person associated with a transfer agent” and “associated person of a transfer agent” mean any person (except an employee whose functions are solely clerical or ministeria

A corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois in 1892, whose object is to buy, gather and accumulate information and news to vend, supply, distribute and publish

Associated transit improvement.—The term "associated transit improvement" means, with respect to any project or an area to be served by a project, projects that are desig

The words “associate nation” mean any nation at war with any nation with which the United States is at war.

Association' implies associates. It implies the entering into a joint enterprise, and, as the applicable regulation imports, an enterprise for the transaction of business. This is

The First Amendment's ban against Congress 'abridging' freedom of speech, the right peaceably to assemble and to petition, and the 'associational freedom' that goes with those righ

The term “association of producers” means any association of producers of agricultural products engaged in marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing as defined in section 1141

The term "association property" means— (A) property held by the organization, (B) property commonly held by the members of the organization, (C) property within the organ

In French Law. In a society en commandite an assocte en nom is one who is liable for the engagements of the undertaking to the whole extent of his property. This expression arises

ASSOILE, or ASSOILYIE. To set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; Cowell.

assoyle, assoiler, fr. In old excommunication; to acquit; to absolve.

In Scotch law. To acquit.

I. fr. To essoin. Assonee: essoined.

assoudre, I. fr. To absolve; to

the term "as soon as possible" means within a 24-hour period.

assons, /. fr. Quit; free; discharged.

Assous. L.Fr. Quit, free, discharged. Litt. sect. 338.

(Law. Fr.) To forgive; to pardon; to absolve. Que Dieu assoyl, whom God assoil; on whom God have mercy. Kelham.

4 Certainty; warrant; indemnity. 1. Legal evidence of the transfer of titl whereby eveiy man's estate is assured him, and all controversies, doubts, and dif culties are prevented o

Lat. [from assilire, to assail] An assault. Spelman, voc. Assallire.

To take on; to undertake. 90 Cal. 147. To take in appearance. See 75 Cal. 73. ' The word "assume," used in deeds with reference to incumbrances on the property conveyed, has the sa

The term “assume any and all liability” means— (A) the payment of— (i) any judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or cost assessment (including prevailing party legal fees) associate

Any calculation under section 8442(f) of title 5 of the supplementary annuity payable to a widow or widower of an employee referred to in section 2152(a) of this title shall be bas

the term “assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income” means the net income tax that would be imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the Postal

For purposes of clause (i), the term “assumed liabilities” means any liability of the common trust fund assumed by any regulated investment company in connection with the transfer

Risks which the law implies the servant to have assumed as part of his contract of employment, and for ASSUMPSIT (Lat. assumere, to assume, to undertake; assumpsit, he has undertak

Since Rawls was a joint user of the bag, he clearly had authority to consent to its search. Petitioner, in allowing Rawls to use the bag and in leaving it in his house, must be tak

They undertook.

Derived from Latin assumere, meaning to assume or undertake. In contracts, it is understood as an undertaking, either express or implied, to perform a parol agreement. At common la

Assumpsit for money had and received is an equitable action to recover back money which the defendant in justice ought not to retain, and it may be said that it lies in most, if no

The agreement of the transferee of property to pay obligations of the transferer which are chargeable on it. 194 111. 222.

One who understands and appreciates the permanent conditions of machinery, premises, and the like, and the danger which arises therefrom, or, by the reasonable use of his senses, h

Contributory negligence involves the notion of some fault or breach of duty on the part of the employee; and since it is ordinarily his duty to take some precaution for his own saf

In Conveyancing. Any instrument which confirms the title to an estate. Legal evidence of the transfer of property. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. The term "assurances" includes, in an enlarged s

Eng. and Fr. [L. Lat. assecuratio.] In the law of contracts. A making sure or secure. A term formerly used in English maritime law, in the sense of the modern term insurance, and s

(1)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term “assurance of payment” means— (i) a cash deposit; (ii) a letter of credit; (iii) a certificate of deposit; (iv) a surety bond; (v)

Lat. An assnranee. Bridgm. 16. Towns, PL 28, 54.

To insure.

fr. Assured; the assured or insured.

A person who has been insured by some insurance company or underwriter against losses or perils mentioned in the policy of insurance.

The assured, by operation of law, became, after the abandonment, the agent of the underwriters, and was bound to use his utmost endeavours to rescue from destruction as much of the

An insurer; an underwriter.

Fr. Assessed or affeered. Aniercianunts soient assys; the amerciaments shall be affeered. £ritt. c. 26.

In Scotch law. Damages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been convicted and punished. Paterson, Comp. The action to recover it lies fo

assithment. In Scots law. maiming or laming a person; an derer to the heirs of the murdered brought by the heirs or the personal

In thecivillaw. The first age; infancy, (infantia.) Cod. 6, 61, 8, 3.

Indicates the words which the pages of the first edition of a tes book or volume of reports began; enlarg( 13 Bl. Com. 162; Dermott v. Jones, 8 Wall, 9 (188 Nash V. Towne, 5 id. 70

The term “asteroid resource” means a space resource found on or within a single asteroid.

« Sheets v. Selden, 2 Wall. 190 (1864); 2 Hill, 355. « Hooper t). Hooper, 9 Cush. (1851); 9 Pet. 470. » Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. »378 (1831), Shaw, C. J.; Minot V. Amory, 2 Cush. 387

The expression "as their interest may appear," used in a fire insurance policy relating to the interest of a mortgagee, has relation to and contemplates an insurable interest in th

In Saxon law. A noble; generally a prince of the blood.

A mutual agreement.

An heir apparent who hath been, by conveyance of his ancestors, placed in a dwelling house in the ancestor's lifetime. Co. Litt. 8.

An heir apparent who has been placed, by conveyance, in possession of his ancestor's estote during such ancestor's life-time. Co. Litt 8.

Arraignment (g. v.) ASTRARIUS (from astre, a hearth). A householder.

The term “ASTM” means the American Society of Testing and Materials.

In old English law. A householder; belonging to the house; a person in actual possession of a house.

Astrer.

Fr. \L. Lai. astrum.] A hearth; a house. Cfiescun home communer que ad astre en mesme la ville; every commoner who has a hearth in the same town orvill. £ritt.c.59.

In old English law. A householder, or occupant of a house or hearth. Britt. 59.

sax. A penalty of double the damage for breach of the King's peace. At,/r. Hath; and. At arm's length. Out of another's undue influence or control. At bar: before the court. At lar

In Scotch law. To assign to a particular mill Used of land, the occupants of which were bound to grind at a certain mill. Bell, Diet.; Paterson, Comp. note 290; Ersk. Inst. 2. 9. 1

In Scots law. A servitude by which the grain growing on certain lands is required to be carried to a certain mill to be ground.

A servitude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must be carried to a certain mill to be ground, a certain mniture or price being paid for the same. Jacob

In Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by one in the king's

Sax. In Saxon law. A kind of penalty or compensation. imposed upon offenders having the king's peace. LL. Edw. Conf. c. 30. Spelm^an.

The period of twenty-four hours beginning and ending at noon.

A house, or place of habitation. Bracton, fol. 367b; Cowell.

astnti, I. Acute; of nice discrimination. Courts are said to be or not to be astute in particular cases; as, astute to find reasonable distinctions to unreasonable rules; not astut

“a substance other than convention oil” means those oils, noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances— (A) enumerated in the protocol, or (B) otherwise determin

From (after using) the highest remedy, there can be no recourse (going back) to an inferior action, nor assistance, (derived from it.) Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1, § 2. A maxim in the old

One cannot resort to an inferior remedy after having pursued the highest one. See 3 Bl. Comm. 193, 194.

the "intentional violation of a known legal duty." " United States v. Bishop " , 412 U.S. 346 , 360, 93 S.Ct. 2008 , 36 L.Ed.2d 941 (1973).

the earlier statement that the test is "probability" which is quoted in full above, particularly in the absence of any other citation or reference.

An institution for the protection or relief of the unfortunate, as an asylum for the poor, for the deaf and dumb, or for the insane. Webster. In International Law. Refuge to a fugi

As used in this paragraph, the term “asylum officer” means an immigration officer who— (i) has had professional training in country conditions, asylum law, and interview techniques

When applied to a place is not definitely locative, but primarily expresses the relation of presence, nearness in place or direction, and is less definite than “in” or “on.” See An

The sister of a great-great-great-grandfather.

Words frequently used in marine policies of insurance, the meaning of which depends upon the actual situation of the vessel at the time the insurance is effected. See 3 Kent's Com,

It appears then to be the settled doctrine of the Courts of England, that an insurance 'at and from an island' such as those in the West Indies generally, insures the vessel while

The term "at any tier" means any subcontractor other than a subcontractor who is a first tier subcontractor.

As applied to dealings, formality and vigilance on both sides; absence of confidence or personal influence.

In the civil law, Complete age; full age; the age of twentyfive, Dig. 4, 4, 32; Id. 22, 3, 25, 1.

A writ which inquired whether the king’s tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused.

In the civil law. A greatgrandmother's grandmother.

In Civil Law. A greatgreat-great-grandfather's brother.

The male ascendant in the fifth degree.

Before the court; under consideration; as the case at bar.

A proceeding In the action of detinue, by which the defendant states the fact that the thing sued for is in his hands, and that it is claimed by a third person, and that whether su

I. fr. To come to or at; to attain; to amount to,

Lat. From time. A ternpore euJHS cot Urarii memoria non existit; from time of which there exists not memo- Tj to the contrary; time out of mmd. Reg, Orig. 46 a.

From the time when no memory to the contrary exists.

In old English law. A reserved rent in corn, paid to religious houses by their tenants; corn drawn to the lord's granary by the cattle of the tenant

Fr. For a term. A terme d^ sa vie; for the term of his life. Yearbook, T. 8 Edw. III. 407.

ATTA, ATHE, or ATTE. In Saxon law. An oath. Cowell; Spelman. Athes, or athaa, a power or privilege of exacting and administering an oath in certain cases. Cowell; Blount.

Atha, which see.

One who does not believe in the existence of a God.