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In the civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes; that is, if a male, under fourteen years of age; if a female, under twelve. Dig. 1, 7, 17, 1.

Money or property given by a father to his child or presumptive heir, or expended by the former for the latter*s benefit, by way of anticipation of rlie share which the child

To give an opinion or counsel, or recommend a plan or course of action; also to give notice. Long v. State, 23 Neb. 33, 36 N. W. 310. This term is not

In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the right of presenting a fit person to the bishop, to be by him admitted and instituted to

The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit. The word is used, in this sense, interchangeably with “deponent.” But the latter term should he reserved as the designation of one who makes

In legislation. A statute couched in affirmative or mandatory terms; one which directs the doing of an act, or declares what shall be done; as a negative statute is one which prohibits

Acquired after a particular date or event. Thus, a judgment is a lien on after-acquired realty.

A phrase indicating the state of a person who is required to do a thing, and is at the same time the person to whom it is done.

The taking in of another person’s cattle to be fed, or to pasture, upon one’s own land, in consideration of an agreed price to be paid by the owner. Also the profit

The only difference between an agreed order and one which is made in the due course of the proceedings in an action is that in the one case it is agreed to.

A Norman French term signifying “grandmother.” Kelham.

In old English law. White rent; rent payable in silver or white money, as distinguished from that which was anciently paid in corn or provisions, called black mail, or black rent. Spelman;

Fr. In French feudal law. An allodial estate, as distinguished from a feudal estate or benefice.

In real property law. The transfer of the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. Terines de la Ley. It is particularly applied to absolute

To sell is one thing; to consent to a sale (seller) is another thing. Dig. 50, 17, 160.

Stated; recited; claimed; asserted ; charged.

When the indorsements on a bill or note have filled all the blank space, it is customary to annex a strip of paper, called an “allonge,” to receive the further Indorsements. Fountain

Charitable donations. Any species of relief bestowed upon the poor. That which is given by public authority for the relief of the poor.

Where a new remedy is created in addition to an existing one, they are called “alternative” if only one can be enforced; but if both, “cumulative.”

Lat. From ambiguua, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning. Ambiguitas latcns, a latent ambiguity; ambiguitas patens, a patent ambiguity. See AMBIGUITY.