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AUDIENCE

In international law. A hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who conies to him duly accredited; and,

AUNT

The sister of one’s father or mother, and a relation in the third degree, correlative to niece or nephew.

AVER, V

In pleading. To declare or assert; to set out distinctly and formally; to allege. In old pleading. To avouch or verify. Litt.

AVOIRDUPOIS

The name of a system of weights (sixteen ounces to the pound) used in weighing articles other than medicines, metals, and precious stones.

AWM

In old English statutes. A measure of wine, or vessel containing forty gallons.

Amentia

A total lack of intelligence, reason, or mental capacity. Sometimes so used as to cover imbecility or dotage, or even as applicable to all forms of insanity ; but properly restricted to

AVERAGE

And see Peters v. Warren Ins. Co., 19 Fed. Cas. 370.

ACTUAL DAMAGES

Are real, substantial and just damages, or the amount awarded to a complainant in compensation for his actual and real loss or injury, as opposed on the one hand to “nominal” damages,

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