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The act or agreement of assuming or taking upon one’s self; the undertaking or adoption of a debt or obligation primarily resting upon another, as where the purchaser of real estate “assumes”

In maritime law. A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles, or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position of a vessel which is “lying to.” The Hugo (D. C.) 57

To turn over money or goods, i. e., to assign or appropriate them to some particular use or service.

As a verb; to make an official investigation and examination of accounts and vouchers. As a noun; the process of auditing accounts ; the hearing and investigation had before an auditor. People

A Saxon punishment by cutting off the ears, inflicted on those who robbed churches, or were guilty of any other theft.

The right of another

Money paid towards the king’s averages or carriages, and so to he freed thereof.

In French law. A barrister, advocate, attorney. An officer charged with representing and defending parties before the tribunal to which he is attached. Duverger.

In French law. This term signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like; an assignee. An ayant cause differs from an heir

A writ of assise which formerly lay when a man or his ancestors under whom he claimed presented a clerk to a benefice, who was instituted, and afterwards, upon the next avoidance,

An action, brought to repel a claim of the defendant to a servitude in the plaintiff’s land. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

A species of personal action of very extensive application, otherwise called “trespass on the case,” or simply “case,” from the circumstance of the plaintiff’s whole case or cause of complaint being set

In old Scotch law. An attorney. Skene

The act of the law is hurtful to no one. An act in law shall prejudice no man. 2 Inst. 287.

Adapted tc the common understanding.

To do. Co. Litt. 204a. Ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum; to do, submit to, and receive. Ad faciendum juratamillam; to make up that jury. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65,

To inquire; a writ of inquiry; a judicial writ, commanding inquiry to be made of any thing relating to a cause pending in court. Cowell.

It is the duty of justices to administer justice to every one pleading before them. 2 Inst. 451.

To satisfy. The emphatic words of the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, which requires the sheriff to take the person of the defendant to satisfy the plaintiff’s claim.

Corrupted from Adalat, justice, equity; a court of justice. The terms “Dewanny Adawlut” and “Foujdarry Adaw- lut” denote the civil and criminal courts of justice in India. Wharton.