Law Dictionary

In canon law. A making terms; a composition, as with creditors. 7 Low. (U. S.) 272, 306. ATTESTATION (Lat. ad, to, testari, to witness). The act of witnessing an instrument in writ

A witness; to witness.

The witnessing of a signature and subscription as a witness thereto. See 43 Am. St. Rep. 118.

That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the manner of the execution of the same.

One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification. 3 Campb. 232.

One who attests or vouches for.

In Scotch practice. A person who attests the sufficiency of a cautioner, and agrees to

?. /)•. Attaint; an attaint

I. I. In old English law. An attachment

In the case of a distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to distribute or dispense in violation of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) of this section at the retail level,

before the purchase" or "immediately after the purchase." 9 The difference in construction is determinative of a beneficial owner's liability in cases such as Provident's where suc

attile, I. I. In old English law. Tackle; rigging; furniture; equipment

Atilium, which see.

I. I. In old English law. Harnessed; tackled. Attilatus equns: a horse with his gears or harness on, for the work of the cart or plough.

In old English law. Rigging; tackle. Cowell.

An attaint.

Attainted.

To touch; to amount to.

^ To turn over: to transfer service to a new lord; to recognize as landlord the ti-ansferee of a leasehold. Attornment. The consent of a tenant to the grant of his landlord. 3 The

To attorn.

To attorn or turn over a thing, as money and goods, i. e., to assign or appropriate them to some particular use and service. Kennett, Par. Ant. 283; Cowell. ' ATTORNATO FACIENDO VE

An attorney.

To turn over; to transfer to another money or goods; to assign to some particular use or service. Kennett, Par. Ant. 283. — ^In Feudal Law. Used of a lord's transferring the homage

attnrn, attornare, atturnare, I. l, Attorner, I. fr. In old English law. To put in one's place; to appoint a substitute or attorney.

attnrn, attornare, atturnare, 1. 1. In feudal law. To attorn; to transfer or turn over. To consent to a transfer; to transfer one's self or one's services. Attornare rem: to attorn

atturnamentum, 1. 1. In old English law. Attornment V. Attornment.

In the feudal law. To attorn.

To fum over money or goods, i. e., to assign or appropriate them to some particular use or service.

1. 1. In old English law. An attornment

In old English law. An obsolete writ, which commanded a sheriff or steward of a county court or hundred court to receive and admit an attorney to appear for the person who owed sni

An attorney.

L. Fr. In old English law. An attorney. Britt c. 126.

To attorn or transfer. Que le seigniour ptuse attomer le homage et le service son tenaunt: that the lord may att(ym the homage and service of his tenant. Britt. c. 68. Si ascun ten

The attorney is the agent of his client to conduct his suit to judgment, and to superintend the execution of final process. It is true that he cannot discharge the defendant from e

WARRANT OF. See Warrant op Attorney.

See Ad Hoc.

In old practice. An attorney who practised m all the courts. Cowell.

A court officer authorized by those who employ him to represent them in litigation. See 3 Mich. 598.

confidential communications between client and attorney, are not to be revealed at any time. The privilege, indeed, is not that of the attorney, but of the client; and it is indisp

There are few of the business relations of life involving a higher trust and confidence than that of attorney and client, or, generally speaking, one more honorably and faithfully

the Attorney General, an authorized assistant of the Attorney General, a United States Attorney, [and] an authorized assistant of a United States Attorney.

The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. / the term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States or his designee. / The te

ed States. A member of the president's cabinet. His duties are to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall be concerned, and give his a

One having special or general authority to act for another. See 47 Barb. (N. Y.) 116.

The one whose name is entered on the record of an action or suit as the attorney of a designated party thereto. Delaney v. Husband, 64 N. J. Law, 275, 45 Atl. 265.

The third officer of the duchy court.

it is not denied that an attorney at law, in virtue of his general authority as such, is entitled to take out execution upon a judgment recovered by him for his client, and to proc

It is believed to be the practice throughout the union for suits to be referred by consent of counsel without special authority, and this universal practice must be founded on a ge

In English law. <A certificate that the attorney practising attorneys uuder a penalty of Afty pounda.

In English law. A certificate of the commissioners of stamps that the attorney therein named has paid the annual duty. This must be renewed yearly, and the penalty for practicing w

We think it is not correct to consider this statute as imposing a penalty. The allowance is confined to a reasonable attorney's fee, not exceeding $20, where an attorney is actuall

one who succeeds in obtaining an injunction under that Title should ordinarily recover an attorney's fee unless special circumstances would render such an award unjust

those enumerated in Rule 54(c); it also includes such other government personnel as are necessary to assist the attorneys for the government in the performance of their duties." 42

The office of an agent or attorney.

The attorney, however, even if he has a lien on the judgment, according to the course of proceedings in the court where it was recovered, stands in a different situation. He is not

Although an attorney at law, merely as such, has, strictly speaking, no right to make a compromise; yet a Court would be disinclined to disturb one which was not so unreasonable in

See "Attorn."

A machine or other dangerous thing or place which is especially attractive to children, who, in obedience to their childish instincts, are likely to be drawn to it, but which is da

attrer, I. fr. To draw to.

The term “attributable income” means the income of a veteran for the most recent year for which information is available determined in the same manner as the manner in which a dete

“attributable liability” means the excess, if any, determined under the provisions of a plan not inconsistent with regulations of the corporation, of— (i) the value of vested benef

I. I. In old English law. An attorney, v. Attorney.

Lat. An attorney. Spelman, See Attomattis.

Fr. An attorney. Britt, c. 126. See Attome.

The term “all-terrain vehicle” or “ATV” means— (A) any motorized, off-highway vehicle designed to travel on 3 or 4 wheels, having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator an

The term “ATV action plan” means a written plan or letter of undertaking that describes actions the manufacturer or distributor agrees to take to promote ATV safety, including ride

That there may be a tenure or term of employment determinable at will is a recognized principle of law. For the purpose of the Act, it is immaterial that employment is at will and

At; in; to; until.

See "Droit d'Aubaine."

A designation in a bill of exchange of one of whom payment may be requested upon the drawee’s refusal.

A caviler.

At that time.

Readings or lectures upon the ancient English statutes, formerly regarded as of great authority in law. Litt. § 481: Co. Litt. 280.

A public sale of property to the highest bidder. or by any other manner. The essential part is the selection of a purchaser from a number of bidders. In a case where a woman contin

Catalogues of goods for public sale or auction.

A vendor; an auctioneer; a dealer in second-hand goods.

“auction company” means a person taking possession of a motor vehicle owned by another to sell at an auction.

Auctioneers are special agents, and have only authority to sell, and not to warrant, unless specially instructed so to do.

an agency simply to bid a particular sum for a purchaser, amounting to no more than receiving from the purchaser, before the auction, a bid which is to be treated as if made there

“Auction market” means a market or place to which tobacco is delivered by the producers thereof, or their agents, for sale at auction through a warehouseman or commission merchant.

In Roman Law. An auctioneer. In auction sales, a spear was fixed upright in the forum, besides which the seller took his stand; hence goods thus sold were said to be sold sub hasta

L In the civil law. One from whom some right passes; an author or source of right or title; as, a grantor, assignor, etc One by whose authority a thing is done; a principal.

In Civil Law. Authority. Brlssonius. In old European law. A diploma, or royal charter. A word frequently used by Gregory of Tours and later writers. Spelman.

The style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great revolution, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared protector.

medlcorum et poetarum, sunt in causis allegandae et tenendae. The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt. 264. AUCUPIA V

The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt 264.

The opinions of philosophers, physicians and poets are to be alleged and received in causes.

I. I. In old English law. To authorize. Auctorlzati: authorized.

Sometimes.

Somewhat.

Caviling is unworthy of a judge’s dignity.

I. In old English law. A catching at; a taking advantage of trivial mistakes, or oversights. Aucupia verbornin sunt judiee indigna: catchings at words are unworthy of a judge.

At lost.

Hear the other side; hear both sides. No man should be condemned unheard. Broom, Leg. Max. 113. See L. R. 2 P. C. 106. AUDIENCE (Lat. audire, to hear). A hearing or interview. It i

To hear. Compare Oyeb. Audi alteram partem. Hear the other side — the accused, the defendant. No man is to be condemned miheard.' See Notice, 1, Judicial. Audita querela. The compl

A hearing.

In English law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, and held by him in his palace for secrations, and the like. This court has the same authority with the court of a

A writ or commission to certain persons to appease and punish any insurrection or great riot. Pitzh. Nat. Brev. 110.

The term “audiologist” means an individual who— (A) has received, at a minimum, a graduate degree in audiology from an institution of higher education accredited by an agency or as

The term “audio programming services” means programming provided by, or generally considered to be comparable to programming provided by, a radio broadcast station.