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ATTORNEY OF RECORD

The one whose name is entered on the record of an action or suit as the attorney of a designated party thereto. De- laney v. Husband, 64 N. J. Law, 275, 45

AUTER DROIT

In right of another, e. g., a trustee holds trust property in right of his cestui que trust. A prochein amy sues in right of an infant. 2 Bl. Comm. 176.

AUXILIUM

In feudal and old English law. Aid; compulsory aid, hence a tax or tribute; a kind of tribute paid by the vassal to his lord, being one of the incidents of the

AVERMENT

In pleading. A positive statement of facts, in opposition to argument or inference. 1 Chit. PI. 320. In old pleading. An offer to prove a plea, or pleading. The concluding part of

AVOWRY

A pleading In the action of replevin, by which the defendant avoivs, that is, acknowledges, the taking of the distress or property complained of, where lie took It in his own right,

AZURE

A term used in heraldry, signifying blue.

ASSESSMENT COMPANY

In life insurance. A company in which a death loss is met by levying an assessment on the surviving mem- bets of the association. Mutual Ren. L. Ins. Co. v. Marye. 85

ASSISE OF NOVEL DISSEISIN

A writ of assise which lay for the recovery of lands or tenements, where the claimant had been lately disseised.

AUTHENTICUM

In the civil law. An original instrument or writing; the original of a will or other instrument, as distinguished from a copy. Dig. 22, 4, 2; Id. 29, 3, 12.

ACTIO

Lat. in the civil law. An action or suit; a right or cause of action. It should be noted that this term means both the proceeding to enforce a right in a

ACTIO QUOD INETUS CAUSA

An action granted to one who had been compelled by unlawful force, or fear (metus causa) that was not groundless, (met us proba- bitis or jiistus.) to deliver, sell, or promise a

ACTIONABLE WORDS

In the law of libel and slander. Words which import a charge of some punishable crime or some offensive disease, or impute moral turpitude, or tend to injure a party in his

ACTS OF SEDERUNT

In Scotch law. Ordinances for regulating the forms of proceeding, before the court of session, in the administration of justice, made by the judges, who have the power by virtue of a

AD COMPARENDUM

To appear. Ad comparendum, et ad standum juri, to appear and to stand to the law, or abide the judgment of the court. Cro. Jac. 67.

AD FIDEM

In allegiance. 2 Kent, Comm. 50. Subjects born ad fidem are those born in allegiance.

AD JUDICIUM

To judgment; to court. Ad judicium provocare; to summon to court; to commence an action; a term of the Roman law. Dig. 5, 1, 13, 14.

AD PIOS USUS

Lat. For pious (religious or charitable) uses or purposes. r Used with reference to gifts and bequests. U

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