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Audiovisual recording device.—The term “audiovisual recording device” means a digital or analog photographic or video camera, or any other technology or device capable of enabling

the terms “audiovisual work”, “computer program”, “copies”, “copyright owner”, “digital transmission”, “financial gain”, “motion picture”, “motion picture exhibition facility”, “pe

The term “audit” means an examination of the financial statements of any issuer by an independent public accounting firm in accordance with the rules of the Board or the Commission

The term “audit agent” means an individual who is an employee or agent of an accredited third-party auditor and, although not individually accredited, is qualified to conduct food

this writ does not lie, where the party complaining has had a legal opportunity of defence and has neglected it... audita querela is a regular suit in which the parties may plead a

The term “audit committee” means— (A) a committee (or equivalent body) established by and amongst the board of directors of an issuer for the purpose of overseeing the accounting a

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “audited partnership” means, with respect to any partner described in subparagraph (A), the partnership in the chain of ownership originall

An examiner of accounts appointed by a court or otherwise.

I. I. In old English law. Auditors of account.

An officer of the English exchequer. 4 Inst. 107.

Officers in the English exchequer, who formerly had the charge of auditing the accounts of the customs, naval and military expenses, etc., now performed by the commissioners for au

The term “audit report” means a document or other record— (A) prepared following an audit performed for purposes of compliance by an issuer with the requirements of the securities

As used in this subsection, the term “audits” includes financial, program, and management audits, including determining— (A) whether the Government of the Federated States of Micro

Hearing.

I. I. In the Saxon to exculpate one's self Wager of law.

A sale of goods with "all faults" covers, in the absence of fraud on the part of the vendor, all such faults and defects as are not inconsistent with the identity of the goods as t

The increase arising to the crown's revenues from the suppression of monasteries and religious houses, and the appropriation of their lands and revenues. A court erected by Henry V

Lat. In the Roman law. The title of the wife of the emperor, (Augustus;) corresponding with queen consort in English law. 1 Bl. Com. 218. It was first given to Livia, the wife of A

The queen is not exempt from the law.

Inold Europeanlaw. A kind of oath among the Bavarians. Spelman. In Saxon law. One bound by oath, g. d. “oathtied.” From ath, oath, and tied. Id.

To-day.

The term "AUKUS partnership" means the enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced in September 2021.

HAULA, or HALLA. In old English law. A hall, or court; the court of a baron, or manor; a court baron; a hall or chief mansion house; the usual appanage of a manor. Whitshaw; Spelma

A nave or body of a church where temporal courts were anciently held.

or AULA REGIS. In English l^w. The king's hall or palace. A court established in England by William the Conqueror in his own hall.

Aula regia, which see.

Papal ambassadors of the second rank, who are sent toa country where

Pertaining to a royal court. In the old German empire, the Aulic Council was the personal council of the emperor, and one of the two supreme courts of the empire which decided with

or ALNAGE. A duty collected on the putting on of the seals on the assise I of woolen cloth. The officer charged with such duty was called "aulnage," "alnager," or "ulnager."

See Alnager.

In Indian law. Trustee; commissioner; a temporary collector or supervisor, appointed to the charge of a country on the removal of a zemindar or for any other particular purpose of

In Indian law. Agent; officer; native collector of revenue; superintendent of a district or division of a country, either on the part of the government zemindar or renter.

In Indian law. Agent; the holder of an office; an Intendant and collector of the revenue, uniting civil, military, and financial powers under the Mohammedan government

SERVICE IN. Where lands are given in alms to a church or religious house, upon condition that masses, service, or prayers shall be offered at certain times for the repose of the do

In Scots law. To alien; to convey.

An ancient manner of weighing by means of a beam held in the hand. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.

I fr. Ancestor; an ancestor.

Lat. Ancient. Charta aunciata, et libertae anterior; an ancient charter, and privilege of older date. Bract. fol. 57 b.

auiiciennes, I. fr. Ancient Aunciennes demesnes.

I. In the civil law. Marriageable years; the marriageable age of woman, the age of twelve.

The sister of one's father or mother: she is a relation in the third degree. See 2 Cornyn, Dig. 474; Dane, Abr. c. 126, a. 3, §4.

The gradual, imperceptible deposit a stream or the sea so as in time to form ciple of accession becomes the property of the littoral owner, v. Alluvio.

alli^uer, alloyner, alyener, I. fr. to put off or delay; to eloign.

noysance, anisancz, aynisans, I. fr. Annoyance; nuisance.

At most.

Near; high; about.

To which.

In medical jurisprudence. A term used to designate the sensation of a celd vapor frequently experienced by epileptica before, the loss of consciousness ocoursinan epileptic fit. Au

“aural transfer” means a transfer containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception;

In Saxon law. The punishment of cutting off the ears. AURUM'rEGINAE. (Queen's gold (q. v.) 1 Bl. Comm. 219, 220. AUTER (Law Fr.) Another. This word AUTER ACTION PENDANT (Law Fr. an

I. I. In old English law. the ears.

Lat. A gold mine. BracU fol. 222 b. AURUM REGIN^. Lat. Queen's gold..1 Bl.Com. 219, 220. See Queen-gold.

Afforcement de la ley—222—a forcing, straining of the Law—erring from the Law. Ou acoient ree—3U—or had denied—or had sent. Eins ceo que—Ws—before that—inasmuch aa.

Queen's gold. A royal revenue belonging to every queen consort during her marriage with the king.

Queen’s gold. See 1 Bl. Comm. 221.

Ausinc, Aussin, Aueoys, Ausieu. L. Fr. Also, in this manner. Kelham,

Also.

A system of voting at elections. See 31 Am. St. Rep. 304.

a distinct commodity, a fine grade of wool grown in Australia.

An empire in the southern central portion of Europe. Since 1867 it has consisted of Austria and Hungary united under one hereditary sovereign, a common army and navy and diplomacy

Either.

Fr. As much; so much, like as. L. Fr. Diet.

In the civil law. An action which lay where one forcibly or clandestinely, (vi aut clam,) erected or demolished a boilding on his own or another's ground, and thereby unlawfully in

Before the exhibition of the bill. Before suit begun.

Or thereabouts.

Other; another.

A plea defending on the ground that another action for the same cause is pending.

In pleading. Another action pending. A species of plea in abatement. 1 Chit PL 454,

L. Fr. Another; other. —Auter aetion pendant. In pleading. Another action pending. A species of plea in abatement. 1 Chit PL 454, —Anter droit. In right of another, e. pr., a trust

Another right; in another's right. See "En Auter Droit."

See Estate Pub Autbe Vie.

Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duty vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Do

In civil law. An act which has been executed before a notary or other public officer authorized to execute such functions, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rende

Copies are given as authentic acts — that is, acts which have a certain and accredited author, and merit confidence.

To give legal authority to an act, ten instrument so as to render it admissible

In practice. A proper or legal attestation., Acts done with a view of causing an instrument to be known and identified. Under the constitution of the United States, congress has po

the term “authentication feature” means any hologram, watermark, certification, symbol, code, image, sequence of numbers or letters, or other feature that either individually or in

Foreign judgments are authenticated, 1. By an exemplification under the great seal. 2. By a copy proved to be a true copy. 3. By the certificate of an officer authorized by law, wh

The term “authentic native articles of handicrafts and clothing” means items composed wholly or in some significant respect of natural materials, and which are produced, decorated,

A collection of the Novels of Justinian, made by an unknown person. They are entire, and are disting:uished by their name from the epitome made by Julian. See 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law,

(Civil Law) An original document as distinguished from a copy.

One who producos, by his own intellectual labor applied to the materials of his composition, an arrangement or compilation new in itself. Atwill v. Ferrett, 2 Blatchf. 39, Fed. Cas

Enactments and opinions relied upon as establishing or declar- The opinion of a court, or of counsel, or of a text writer upon any question, Is usually fortified by a citation of a

much more than simply those restrictions actually in place on July 1, 1977.

In one sense, every corporation has 'power' to do wrong, also 'capacity' to suffer the consequences of wrongdoing. But no corporation has authority to violate an inhibition or go b

The authority intended by the act is one having a real existence, derived from competent governmental power.

“authority head” means— (A) the head of an authority; or (B) an official or employee of the authority designated, in regulations promulgated by the head of the authority, to act on

That no individual or public officer can sell, and convey a good title to, the land of another, unless authorized so to do by express law, is one of those self-evident propositions

Authority, without restriction, to an agent to sell, carries with it authority to warrant.

the requirement of 'authorization' restricts the responsibility or liability in labor disputes of employer or employee associations, organizations or their members for unlawful act

For purposes of this section, the term "authorizations" means special use authorizations issued under subpart B of part 251 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.

The terms “authorization to operate” and “Federal information” have the meaning given those term 1 in Circular A–130 of the Office of Management and Budget entitled “Managing Infor

To confer power upon; to invest with lawful authority, q. v. A government contract to be "authorized by law" must be made in pursuance of express authority given by statute or of a

The term “authorized” means— (A) in the case of a manufacturer or repackager, having a valid registration in accordance with section 360 of this title ; (B) in the case of a wholes

The term “authorized adjudicative agency” means an agency authorized by law, regulation, or direction of the Director of National Intelligence to determine eligibility for access t

the term "authorized agency" means a division or office of a State designated by a State to report, receive, or disseminate information under this chapter; / the term “au

the term “authorized blood donation facility” means an entity described in section 1320b–11(h)(1)(B) of this title , and

The Act contemplates voluntary consent and not enforced agreement to publication. The participants were ignorant of the interception of the messages and did not consent thereto.

with respect to the candidates of a political party for President and Vice President of the United States, any political committee which is authorized in writing by such candidates

The term "authorized disclosure" means a report of any information through, and in compliance with, the mechanism for authorized reporting established pursuant to subsect