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ACTIO PUBLICIANA

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

ACTIONABLE FRAUD

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

ACTRIX

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

AD FACTUM PRIESTANDUM

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

AD INSTANTIAM

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

AD SECTAM

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.

ADCORDABILIS DENARII

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

ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION

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

ADJOURNATUR

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.

ADMEASUREMENT, WRIT OF

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.

ADMONITIO TRINA

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.

ADRIFT

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

ADVANCE

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

AD VIS ARE, ADVISARI

Lat. To consult, deliberate, consider, advise; to be advised. Occurring in the phrase curia ad- visari vult, (usually abbreviated cur. adv. vult, or C. A. T.) the court wishes to be advised,

ADVOUTRY

In old English law. Adultery between parties both of whom were married. Hunter v. U. S., 1 Pin. (Wis.) 91, 39 Am. Dec. 277. Or the offense by an adulteress of continuing

AFFIANCE

A plighting of troth between man and woman. Litt.

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