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In Scotch law. All actions which are not rescissory. Ersk. Inst. 4, 1, 18.

In Roman law. A notary or clerk. One who drew the acts or statutes, or who wrote in brief the public acts.

L. Lat. For more abundant caution. 2 How. State Tr. 11S2. Otherwise expressed, ad cautelam ex superabinidanti. Id. 11G3.

In pleading. “To the damage.” The technical name of that clause of the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiff’s money loss, or the damages which he claims. Cole

To deliver the gaols; to empty the gaols. Bract, fol. 1096. Ad gaolam deliberandum; to deliver the gaol; to make gaol delivery. Bract, fol. 1106.

For gain or loss. Emphatic words in the old warrants of attorney. Reg. Orig. 21, et seq. Sometimes expressed in English, “to lose and gain.” Plowd. 201.

To which the court agreed. Yearb. P. 20 I Hen. VI. 27.

To the value. See AD VALOREM.

To present, bring forward, offer, introduce. Used particularly with reference to evidence. Tuttle v. Story County, 56 Iowa, 316, 9 N. W. 292. “The word ‘adduced’ is broader in its signification than

A waxy substance (chemically margarate of ammonium or ammoniacal soap) formed by the decomposition of animal matter protected from the air but subjected to moisture; in medical jurisprudence, the substance into which

In the civil law. Adjunction ; a species of acccssio, whereby two things belonging to different proprietors are brought into firm connection with each other; sucli its interweaving, (intcrtextura;) welding together, (adferruminatio;)

Politically and as used in constitutional law, an officer of the executive department of government, and generally one of inferior rank ; legally, a ministerial or executive otlicer, as distinguished from a

In the civil law. The subscription of a name or signature to an instrument. Cod. 4, 19, 5, 7. A rescript of the prince or emperor, signed with his own hand, or

In Roman law. An accessory party to a promise, who received the same promise as his principal did, and could equally receive and exact payment; or lie only stipulated for a part

Eat. Fortuitous; incidental ; that which conies from an unusual source. Adventitia bona are goods which fall to a man otherwise than by inheritance. Adventitia doc is a dowry or portion given

In Scotch law. A process by which an action may be carried from an inferior to a superior court before final Judgment in the former.

To act upon ; influence; change ; enlarge or abridge. This word is often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon persons and things. Ryan v. Carter, 93 U. S. 84,

A term employed in old practice, signifying to put on file. 2 Maule & S. 202. In modern usage it is contracted to file.

In French law. The right of the inhabitants of a commune or section of a commune to take from the forest the fire-wood which is necessary for their use. Duverger.

L. Fr. An award. Nul fait agard; no award made.