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APPENDANT

A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with it; a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may

APPORTUM

In old English law. The revenue, profit, or emolument which a thing brings to the owner. Commonly applied to a corody or pension. Blount.

APPROPRIATION OF LAND

The act of selecting, devoting, or setting apart land for a particular use or purpose, as where land is appropriated for public buildings, military reservations, or other public uses. McSorley. v. Hill.

APUD ACTA

Among the acts; among the recorded proceedings. In the civil law, this phrase is applied to appeals taken orally, in the presence of the judge, at the time of judgment or sentence.

AKABANT

They plowed. A term of feudal law, applied to those who held by the tenure of plowing and tilling the lord’s lands within the manor. Cowell.

ARBITRATION OF EXCHANGE

This takes place where a merchant pays his debts in one country by a bill of exchange upon another.

ARCHDEACONRY

A division of a diocese, and the circuit of an archdeacon’s jurisdiction.

ARG

An abbreviation of arguendo.

ARMATA VIS

In the civil law. Armed force. Dig. 43, 16, 3; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 4.

ARRAS

In Spanish law. The donation which the husband makes to his wife, by reason or on account of marriage, and in consideration of the dote, or portion, which he receives from her.

ARR&T

Fr. A Judgment, sentence, or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. The term is derived from the French law, and is used in Canada and Louisiana. Saisie arrft is an attachment

ART

A principle put in practice and applied to some art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. Earle v. Sawyer, 4 Mason, 1, Fed. Cas. No. 4,247. See Act Cong. July 8, 1870.

ARTICLES OF THE PEACE

A complaint made or exhibited to a court by a person who makes oath that he is in fear of death or bodily harm from some one who has threatened or attempted

ASPHYXIA

In medical jurisprudence. A morbid condition of swooning, suffocation, or suspended animation, resulting in death if not relieved, produced by any serious interference with normal respiration (as. the inhalation of poisonous gases

ASSETS

In probate law. Property of n a decedent available for the payment of debts LI and legacies; the estate coming to the heir or personal representative which is chargeable, in law or

ASSOIL

To absolve; acquit; to set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; CoweU.

ATIA

Hatred or ill-will. See DE ODIO ET ATIA.

ATTESTOR OF A CAUTIONER

In Scotch practice. A person who attests the sufficiency of a cautioner, and agrees to become subsidiarie liable for the debt. Bell.

AUDIENCE

In international law. A hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who conies to him duly accredited; and,

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