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See AIEL.

A real action which lay to recover land of which a person had been deprived on the death of his ancestor by the abatement or intrusion of a stranger. 3 Bl. Comm.

In the 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

An officer chosen or appointed to appraise, value, or assess property. In civil and Scotch law. Persons skilled in law, selected to advise the judges of the inferior courts. Bell; Dig. 1,

An action which lay for one who had lost a titling of which he had bona fide obtained possession, before he had gained a property in it, in order to have it

Deception practiced in order to induce another to part with property or surrender some legal right; a false representation made with an iutention to deceive; may be committed by stating what is

Lat A female actor; a female plaintiff. Calvin. Acts indicate the intention. 8 Co. 1406; Broom, Max. 301.

The act of the law does injury to no one. 5 Coke, 110.

For collecting the goods of the deceased. See ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES.

In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this kind cannot claim the benefit of the act

At the instance. 2 Mod. 44. Ad instantiam partis, at the instance of a party. Hale, Com. Law, 28.

To show. Form-

At the suit of. Commonly abbreviated to ads. Used in entering and indexing the names of cases, where it is desired that the name of the defendant should come first. Thus, “B.

Money paid by a vassal to his lord upon the selling or exchanging of a feud. Enc. Lond.

One which is equal, or reasonably proportioned, to the value of that for which it is given. 1 Story, Eq. Jur.

L. Lat. It is adjourned. A word with which the old reports very frequently conclude a case. 1 Ld. Raym. (>02; 1 Show. 7; 1 Leon. S8.

It lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases: Admeasurement of dower, and admeasurement of pasture. Tennes de la Ley.

A triple c r threefold warning, given, in old times, to a prisoner standing mute, before he was subjected to the peine forte ct dure. 4 Bl. Comm. 325 ; 4 Steph.

Sea-weed, between high and low water-mark, which has not been deposited on the shore, and which during flood-tide is moved by each rising and receding wave, is adrift, although the bottom* of

To pay money or render other value before it is due; or to furnish capital in aid of a projected enterprise, in expectation of return from it