ADVERSE
Opposed; contrary; in resistance or opposition to a claim, application, or proceeding. As to adverse “Claim,” “Enjoyment,” “Possession,” “User,” “Verdict,” “Witness,” see those titles.
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Opposed; contrary; in resistance or opposition to a claim, application, or proceeding. As to adverse “Claim,” “Enjoyment,” “Possession,” “User,” “Verdict,” “Witness,” see those titles.
In the civil law. Advocates of the fiscs or revenue; fiscal advocates, (qui causam fisct egisscnt.) Cod. 2, 9, 1; Id. 2. 7, 13. Answering, in some measure, to the king’s counsel
To assess, liquidate, appraise, fix in amount.
To ratify, make firm, confirm, establish, reassert. To ratify or confirm a former law or judgment. Cowell. In the practice of appellate courts, to affirm a judgment, decree, or order, is to
In old English law. Plow cattle. bullocks or plow horses. A ffri, or afri carucw; beasts of the plow. Spelnian.
A revocable and voluntary trust for payment of debts. Wharton.
A speculation on the rise and fall of the public debt of states, or the public funds. The speculator is called “ag- iotcur.”
In old English law. Agreement; an agreement Spelman.
In English practice. A proceeding formerly made use of, by way of petition in court, praying in aid of the tenant for life, etc., from the reversioner or remainder- man, when the
L. Fr. At the; to the. Allaire; at the bar. Al huis d’csglise; at the church- door.
Lat. In the civil law. A game of chance or hazard. Dig. 11, 5, 1. See Cod. 3, 43. The chance of gain or loss in a contract
The condition or state of an alien.
A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because he cannot act as judge and party. Co. Litt. 141; 3 Bl. Comm. 59.
An allegation contrary to the deed (or fact) is not admissible.
Owners of allodial lands. Owners of estates as large as a subject may have. Co. Litt 1; Bac. Abr. “Tenure,” A.
A publication, in which Is recounted the days of the week, month, and year, both common and particular, distinguishing the fasts, feasts, terms, etc., from the common days by proper marks, pointing
L. Lat. Interchangeably. Litt
In old English law. A measure of four bushels.
In old English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offense, or for the purpose of making reparation for any injury
Lat. In the civil and old English law. To lose. Hence the old Scotch “amitt.”