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ACTUAL CASH VALUE

The fair or reasonable cash price for which the property could be sold in the market, in the ordinary course of business, and not at forced sale; the price it will bring

AD CURIAM

At a court. 1 Salk. 195. To court. Ad curiam vocare, to summon to court.

AD FILUM VIA!

TO the middle of the way; to the central line of the road. Parker v. Inhabitants of Framingham, 8 Mete. (Mass.) 260.

AD JURA REGIS

To the rights of the king; a writ which was brought by the king’s clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavored to eject him, to the prejudice of the king’s

ADDITIONALES

In the law of contracts. Additional terms or propositions to be added to a former agreement.

ADHIBERE

In the civil law. To apply; to employ; to exercise; to use. Adhi- bcre diligcntiam, to use care. Adhihcre vim, to employ force.

ADJUDICATE

To settle in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally. Synonymous with adjudge in its strictest sense. United States v. Irwin, 127 U. S. 125, 8 Sup. Ct. 1033, 32 L.

ADNEPOS

The son of a great-great- grandson. Calvin.

ADSCRIPTI GLEB7E

Slaves who served the master of the soil, who were annexed to the land, and passed with it when it was conveyed. Calvin. In Scotland, as late as the reign of George

ADVENA

In Roman law. One of foreign birth, who lias left his own country and settled elsewhere, and who has not acquired citizenship in his new locality; often called albanus. Du Cange.

ADVOCATE

One who assists, defends, or pleads for another; one who renders legal advice and aid and pleads the cause of another before a court. A person learned In the law, and duly

AISTIMATIO CAPITIS

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting tlrat of the

AFFIDATUS

One who is not a vassal, but who for the sake of protection has connected himself with one more powerful. Spelman ; 2 Bl. Comm. 46.

AFFORARE

To set a price or value on a thing. Blount.

AFTERMATH

A second crop of grass mown in the same season ; also the right to take such second crop. See 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 181.

AGGER

Lat. In the civil law. A dam, bank or mound. Cod. 9, 3S; Townsh. PI. 4S.

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