Law Dictionary

In Scotch law. To abet or a,ssist. Tomlin.

In the civll law. A grandmother. Inst 3, 6, 3.

In the civil law. A grand-sen.

The air space above the high seas and unoccupied territory is admittedly free to all nations and persons. It is with the air space above territorial lands and waters that conflicti

The term “aviation critical safety item” means a part, an assembly, installation equipment, launch equipment, recovery equipment, or support equipment for an aircraft or aviation w

The term “aviation manufacturing company” means a corporation, firm, or other business entity— (A) that— (i) actively manufactures an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or a com

Aviation safety project.—The term "aviation safety project" means an aviation project that— (A) has as its primary purpose reducing the risk of injury to persons or damag

The term “aviation service” means service performed by an officer (except a flight surgeon or other medical officer) while holding an aeronautical rating or designation or while in

Within the the legislation of congress upon this plirase means navigation 3 of the country, but not upon lakes. 24 How. 1; 6 Biss. 364.

See "Divorce." AB. In Latin phrases. A preposition having the same significance as "A" (q. v.) "A" is used before words beginning with consonants, and "Ab" before those beginning w

L I. In old English law. Advice; counsel.

1. 1. In old English law. To advise, v. Advisare.

l.fr. Advisement; consideration.

I. fr. In old English law. To advise; to consider; to deliberate; to consult Arises vous bien sur v're r'ns: advise (consider) you well upon your answer, v. La court, etc.; Nous vo

In Scotch law. To make (wieandum with a process is to take it from the public court to the private consideration of the judge. Bell, Diet. AVOCAT (Fr.) Advocate; an advocate. Ord.

The term “AVLIS” means atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology. / The term “AVLIS” means atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology.

The terms “Avocado Board” and “Board” mean the Hass Avocado Board established under section 7804 of this title.

(French) An advocate.

See Business; Employment; Trade.

Avoueson. L. Fr. An advowson; patronage, foimdation. Id.

To annut; cancel; make void; to destroy the efficacy of anything.

the term “avoidable cost” means all expenses that would be incurred by a rail carrier in providing transportation that would not be incurred if the railroad line over which the tra

A making void, useless, or empty. In Ecclesiastical Law. It exists when a beneiice becomes vacant for want of an incumbent. the admission of the truth of the allegations of the opp

the term “avoidance costs” means costs incurred by any individual for the purpose of— (A) detecting a hazardous or injurious device; or (B) preventing death, serious bodily injury,

One policy served by that practice is that of not passing on constitutional questions in situations where an authoritative interpretation of state law may avoid the constitutional

The name of a weight. This kind of weight is so named, in distinction from the Troy weight. One pound avordupois contains seven thousand grains Troy; that is, fourteen ounces, elev

fr. The calling into court, by a tenant, of a person bound to warrant, to defend the title or yield Mm other lands. Avouterie,/r., Avowtry. Adultery.

See "Voucher."

l.fr. and eng. In old JSnglinhlaw. The calling into court by a tenant of a person bound to him by warranty to defend the riglit or to yield him other lands.

^In Old French Law. A feudal chief who acted as protector of a church or monastery; the suzerain of the fief. In Modern French Law. A barrister; advocate; attorney. Duverger.

To acknowledge the commission of an act, and claim that it was done with right. 3 Bl. Comm. 150. To make an avowry. For example, when replevin is brought for a thing distrained, an

One who makes an avowry.

Avoue. L. Fr. An avowee, advowee, or patron of a church; he to whom the right of advowson belongs. Britt, c. 96. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 1.

or AVOWE. See "Advowee."

An advocate of a church living.

/. Jr. To avow, or acknowledge; to justify; to maintain. To "" challenge.

avowson, avowesoun, I. Jr. An advowson.

In pleading. The answer of the defendant in an action of replevin brought to recover property taken in distress, in which he acknowledges the taking, and, setting forth the cause t

In English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery. Termes de la Ley.

In English law. The crime of adultery. AVULSION (Lat. avellere, to tear away). The removal of a considerable quantity of soil from the land of one man, and its deposit upon or anne

the doctrine that a boundary is unaltered by an avulsion and in such case, in the absence of prescription, the boundary no longer follows the thalweg but remains at the original li

In Civil Law. A mother's brother. 2 Bla. Com. 230.

In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6, 1.

In this section, the term “AWACS memorandum of understanding” means— (1) the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Minister

To lay in wait; to waylay. AWARD (Law. Lat. awarda, atvardum; old French, agarda, from a garder). To keep, preserve; to be guarded, or kept. So called because it is imposed on the

In this subsection, the terms "awaiting testing" and "possession" have the meanings given those terms in subsection (n). / The term “awaiting testing” means, wi

Two of the essentials in awards are, that they should be certain and final.

nu. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon acontroversy submitted to them; also the writing or doc

awardum, I. I. In old English law. An award; the verdict of a jury.

if an award be good in part and bad in part, and that part in which it is bad be not within the submission, it shall not invalidate that which is good within the submission... For

awarded compensation in a formal order." Sea-Land, supported by the Director, OWCP, responds that "awarded compensation" means "statutorily entitled to compensation because of disa

The term "awardee" means the legal entity to which Federal assistance is awarded and that is accountable to the Federal Government for the use of the funds provided.

For the purposes of this section, the term “award or increased award” means— (1) an original award or award based on a supplemental claim; or (2) an award that is increased because

The term "award personnel" means principal investigators and co-principal investigators, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and other employees supported by a grant, coop

In this subsection, the term “award recipient” means an undergraduate student who has been awarded a scholarship under subsection (a)(1)(A) or a graduate student who has been award

An award under the Workmen's Compensation Law is not made on the theory that a tort has been committed; on the contrary, it is upon the theory that the statute giving the commissio

Aweroust, Awroust, Atorust. L. Fr. Doubt, ambiguity, uncertainty. Kelham. L. Fr. Diet.

the Commissioner has consistently construed travel 'away from home' to exclude all trips requiring neither sleep nor rest, regardless of how many cities a given trip may have touch

A crop sown before the expiration of a tenancy, which cannot ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Leg Max. 306. See "Emblements."

See A, 3, A 1; Appurtenance; Furniture, Of ship. A vessel fastened to a pier is not "lying at anchor;"'' nor is a vessel purposely beached, though having an anchor out for caution.

Where property has been arrested in an admiralty action in rem and ordered by the court to be sold, the order is earried out by a commission of appraisement and sale; in some cases

awroust, awernst, awrust, aworust, averust, I. Jr. In old English law. Doubt; uncertainty; ambiguity.

<Any animate being which is endowed with the power of veluntary motion. In the languages of the law the term includes all living creatures not human. Domiie are those which have be

or AUME. An ancient measure used in measuring Rhenish wines. Termes de la Ley. Its value varied in the different cities. Cowell.

See Third-Night-Awn- Hinde.

Awe Ahine. Sax. A domestic. See AgenhiM.

awenhine, sax. A domestic, v. Agenhine.

In logic. A self-evident truth; an indisputable truth.

In the civillaw. The age next to puberty; the last half of the period of childhood, (puerétia, ) extending from ten years and a half to fourteen. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22.

In French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like; an assignee. An aycmt caus

aydonk, aydonqes, Ifr. Then.

I. In the civil law. An averting or turning away. A term applied to a species of sale in gross or bulk.

A grandfather.

I. fr. Besides; elsewhere;

(Scotch) Eyre; a circuit.

In Spanish law. A congress of persons; the municipal council of a city or town. 1 White, New Coll. 416; B B. F. Bonum factum, a good deed. A form of approval among the civilians.

A term used in heraldry, signifying bine.

The second letter of the English alphabet: is used to denote the second of a series of pages, notes, etc.; the subsequent letters, the third and following numbers.

Fr. Low; inferior; subordinate. —Bas chevaliers. In old English law. Low, or inferior knights, by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from barons and bannerets, who wer

L. Fr. (Modern Fr. brebis.) Sheep. See Mlllen v. Fawen, Bendlpe, 171, "home ove petit chien chase barbitfs."

Defending an action on grounds of infancy or limitations.

The term “baby changing facility” means a table or other device suitable for changing the diaper of a child age 3 or under.

The term “Baca ranch” means the lands and facilities described in section 698v–2(a) of this title .

or BACKBEREND. An old English law term for a thief caught with the stolen goods in his possession (upon his back). Spelman; Bracton, 150b.

Commonalty or yeomanry, in contradistinction to baronage. Wharton.

(1) The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc. (2) A kind of inferior knight; an esquire. (3) A

the term “bachelor-degree-granting institution” means an institution of higher education (as determined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [ 20 U.S.C. 1001 ]) th

A term of no very definite import, but generally signifying lands lying back from (not contiguous to) a highway or a watercourse. See Ryerss v. Wheeler, 22 Wend. (N. Y) 150.

The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, ¢. g., a bavielor of arts, bachelor of law, ete. A kind of inferior knigit; an esquire. A man who has

adv. To the rear; backward; In a reverse direction. Also, in arrear. —Bach lands. A term of no very definite import, but generally signifying lands lying back from (not contiguous

or BACKWARDATION. A consideration given to keep back the delivery of stock when the price is lower for time than for ready money. Wharton.

Carrying on the back. A against vert and venison might be mainour or manner, v. Mainour.

In forest law. Carrying on the back. One of the cases in which an offender against vert and venison might be arrested, as being taken with the mainour, or manner, or found carrying

The carrying of the stolen goods with him by a thief.

In Scotch law. A deed attaching a qualification or condition to the ternis of a conveyance or other instrument. This deed is used when particular circumstances render it necessary

A bond of indemnification given to a surety. In Scotch Law. A declaration of trust; a defeasance; a bond given by one who is apparently absolute owner, so as to reduce his right to

In forest law, the crime of having, on the back, game unlawfully killed.

Same as Back-bond.

The agency ensures that a thorough background report (home study) on the prospective adoptive parent or parents has been completed in accordance with the Convention and with applic

Backhaul.—The term &quot;backhaul&quot; means the return trip of a vehicle transporting cargo or general freight, especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same r