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The term "athlete" means— (A) an individual participating in a sporting event or activity for which the individual may be paid; (B) an individual participating in a sport

The term “athlete agent” means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a student athlete, or directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter in

"Athletes' Advisory Council" means the entity established and maintained under section 220504(b)(2)(A) that— (A) is composed of, and elected by, amateur athletes to ensur

For purposes of this subsection, the term “athletically related student aid” means any scholarship, grant, or other form of financial assistance the terms of which require the reci

The term “athletic director” means an individual responsible for administering the athletic program of an educational institution or, in the case that such program is administered

The term "athletic team" means a sports team— (A) composed of individuals who are paid to participate on the team; (B) composed of individuals who are participating in a

See "De Odlo et Atla." ATILIUM (Lat.) Tackle; the rigging of

A harness.

Tackle; a ship’s rigging.

Whenever the parties come to a point in the pleadings which is affirmed on one side and denied on the other, they are said to be "at issue." 215 111. 154; 136 111. 52.

by which a defendant can commit the crime ("e.g.," burgling a "building" or a "boat") and (2) the "charging documents" make clear that the state alleged (and the jury or trial judg

The term “Atlantic striped bass” means members of stocks or populations of the species Morone saxatilis, which ordinarily migrate seaward of the waters described in paragraph (3)(A

(1) Not limited to any particular question or matter. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious animal so free from restraint as to be liable to do mischie

According to the course of the common law; in the law.

The sister of a great-great-great-grandmother.

Lat. In the civil law. A grandson's or granddaughter's great grandson. Inst. 3. 6. 3.

Lat. In the civil law. A grandson's or granddaughter's great granddaughter. Inst. 3. 6. 3.

The term “atomic energy” means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. / The term “atomic energy” means all forms of energy release

The term “atomic energy defense activity” means any activity of the Secretary performed in whole or in part in carrying out any of the following functions: (A) naval reactors devel

The term “atomic weapon” means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible p

The term “atomic weapons employee” means any of the following: (A) An individual employed by an atomic weapons employer during a period when the employer was processing or producin

The term “atomic weapons employer” means an entity, other than the United States, that— (A) processed or produced, for use by the United States, material that emitted radiation and

The term “atomic weapons employer facility” means a facility, owned by an atomic weapons employer, that is or was used to process or produce, for use by the United States, material

Fr. Of, or by wrong; wrongfully. Kelham.

The brother of a greatgrandfather's grandfather.

The term “ATPDEA” means the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.

The term “ATPDEA beneficiary country” means any “beneficiary country”, as defined in section 3202(a)(1) of this title, which the President designates as an ATPDEA beneficiary count

Z. In old English law. Black fluid used in writing; ink.

In maritime law. A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position of a vessel which ls "lying to." The Hugo (D. C.) 57 Fed

attrenche. v. Tout atrenche. A tret, I. fr. Drawn aside.

the term “at-risk” has the meaning given that term in section 6472 of title 20 ;

Except as provided in clause (v), for purposes of this paragraph, the term "at-risk beneficiary for prescription drug abuse" means a part D eligible individual who is not

The term “at-risk community” means an area— (A) that is comprised of— (i) an interface community as defined in the notice entitled “Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the

The term “at risk for institutional placement” means, with respect to an older individual, that such individual is unable to perform at least 2 activities of daily living without s

The term “at-risk individual” means an individual who— (A) (i) as demonstrated in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate, has been present for an aggregate total of 6

For the purpose of this chapter, the term “at-risk individuals” means children, pregnant women, senior citizens and other individuals who have access or functional needs in the eve

The term “at-risk infant or toddler” means an individual under 3 years of age who would be at risk of experiencing a substantial developmental delay if early intervention services

The term “at risk of homelessness” means, with respect to an individual or family, that the individual or family— (A) has income below 30 percent of median income for the geographi

The term "at-risk personnel" means personnel of the Department— (A) whom the Secretary determines to be highly vulnerable to cyber attacks and hostile information collect

In this subsection, the term “at-risk school child” means a school child who— (A) is not more than 18 years of age, except that the age limitation provided by this subparagraph sha

The term “at-risk status” has the meaning provided in section 1083(i)(4) of this title .

The term “at-risk student” means a student who, because of limited English proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location, or economic disadvantage, faces a greater risk of low ed

The term “at-risk youth recreation grant” means a grant in a neighborhood or community with a high prevalence of crime, particularly violent crime or crime committed by youthful of

“at-risk youth recreation grants” means— (1) rehabilitation grants, (2) innovation grants, or (3) matching grants for continuing program support for programs of demonstrated value

The open court in a Roman house.

Outside of port. In opposition to being "in port;" not in opposition to being "at home." 3 Hill (N. Y.) 118.

Al monester—117—to admonish—to shew. Eins ceur gue—p. we.—before that—after that. Quantum rene rife Naam—158—when one forbids the replevying a live Distress—twhen @ Man icads away

Atha, which see.

To seize and hold a defendant or his property in the custody of the law. See 62 Ohio St. 543, 78 Am. St. Rep. 743, 57 N. E. 446.

One attached to the suite of an ambassador; one attached to a foreign legation. ATTACHIAMENTA DE SPINIS ET boscis. A privilege granted to the officers of a forest to take to their

A certificate required by statute, in some states, to be given by a third person who is found in possession of property subject to an attachment in the sherifi’s hands, setting for

L. Lat Attachment. —Attachiamenta bonorum. A distress formerly taken upon goods and chattels, by the legal attaohiators or bailiffs, as security to answer an action for personal es

A distress formerly taken upon goods and chattels, by the legal attaohiators or bailiffs, as security to answer an action for personal estate or debt

Attachment of pleas of the crown. Jewison v. Dyson. 9 Mees. & W. 544.

A privilege granted to the officers of a forest to take to their own use thorns, brush, and windfalls, within their precincts. Ivenn. Par. Antiq. 209.

The right of forest officers to appropriate thorns and brushwood.

In old English law. An attachment. Attachiamenta bonorum, attachment of goods. Spelman; Reg. Orig. 18. Solemnitas attachiamentorum, the formality of attachments; the practice of is

To attach.

One who has caused an attachment to be issued and levied on property of his debtor.

Lat. An attachment. Bract, fol. 439 b. 440. Beg- Orig. 18, et passim, Spelman. Solennitas attackiamentorum; the formality of attachments; the old practice of issuing one attachment

attachment is wholly the creature of, and controlled by, the law of the state; property and persons within the state can be subjected to the operation of that local law; power over

From and after which declaration, the goods, money or effects, so attached, shall remain in the officer's power, and be by him secured, in order to answer and abide the judgment of

A name given in some states to a process of garnishment for the satisfaction of a judgment. As to the judgment debtor it is an execution; but as to the garnishee it is an original

an attachment will lie for a contempt in not performing an award of Referees... appears clearly to have been agreeable to the common law prior to the statute of 9 and 10. W. 3. whi

Attachment laws are legal modes of acquiring title to property by operation of law. They exist in every State for the furtherance of justice, with more or less of liberality to cre

Not having been released, it remained in the custody of the officer, subject to the judgment of the court. An interest was vested in him, for the purposes of that judgment. The jud

There is no doubt that under the statutes of Connecticut, as usual elsewhere, a garnishment reaches only effects of the defendant in the hands of the garnishee at the time of servi

In English law. A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer there

One of the three courts formerly held in forests. The highest court was called "justice in eyre's seat;" the middle, the "swainmote;"

Court of In forest law. The lowest of the forest courts, held before the verderors of the forest once in every forty days, to receive from the foresters or keepers their attachment

See Assault; Collaterally. ATTAINT)ER.2 Staining; corrupting; pollution of blood; extinguishment of inheritable quality of blood. When sentence of death is pronounced the immediate

That extinction of civil rights and capacities which takes place whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Comm. 408;

BILL OF. See "Bill of Attainder."

Pleading guilty before a court or abjuring the realm before a coroner.

Adjudging one who has fled to be an outlaw.

Finding one guilty by a jury.

Attainted, stained, or blackened. A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict. Bracton, lib. 4, tr. 1, c. 134; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22, § 8. This la

atteint, attaynt, taynt, I. fr. In old English law. Attainted; convicted or f oufid guilty of some offense; defeated in an action. Attain de disseisin: convicted of disseisin. Atta

In French law. The gain of a suit. Estre attaint en uncan cas, to be overcome in any case. Cowell.

Fr. [L.-Lat. attincttis,] In old Eng Ush law. Attainted; convicted or found guilty of some offence. Attaint de disseisin; convicted of disseisin. Stat, Westm. 1, c. 24. Defeated in

1. Otherwise; also used for — Alias dictus. Otherwise called. Alias, in the expression " A, alias B," denotes that those names are different descriptions of the same person. The wo

The term “AT&T Consent Decree” means the order entered August 24, 1982, in the antitrust action styled United States v. Western Electric, Civil Action No. 82–0192, in the Unite

Atha, which see.

ateisament, atteynement, atteynanment, I fr. Effectually; strenuously; to remain forever.

I. fr. To attaint, to convict; attainder, conviction. To attain, to obtain; to meet; to abide by. Atteint, atteynt, atteyntc, atteintz: attaint, attainted; convicted, found guilty;

In criminal law. An endeavor to accomplish a crime carried beyond mere preparation for it, but falling short of the ultimate design. 5 Cush. (Mass.) 367. The elements are (1) inten

an attempt to fit out and arm is made an offence. This is certainly doing something short of a complete fitting out and arming. To attempt to do an act does not, either in law or i

the employment of methods, means and practices which would, if successful, accomplish monopolization, and which, though falling short, nevertheless approach so close as to create a

One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him. Termes de la Ley. title of the owner. Thus, to raise a portion for younger children, it was quite commo

Long leases or mortgages so arranged as to protect the title of the owner.—Bouvier Law Dictionary.

The term "attending physician" means, with respect to an individual, the physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)), the nurse practitioner (as defined in subsection (aa

To attempt.

In the civil and canon law. Anything whatsoever wrongfully innovated or attempted in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal. 1 Add. Ecc. 22, note; Ayliffe, Par. 100. ATTERM

Consideration; notice. The phrase "your bill shall have attention" was held to be ambiguous and not to amount to an acceptance of the bill; 2 B. & Aid. 113.

One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him. Termes dela Ley. One whio follows and waits upon another.

To delay; to postpone.

1.1. In old English law. Determination.

I. fr. Respite; adjournment; attermination.

I. fr. To adjourn; to respite; to delay. To grant further time for the payment of a debt.

The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.