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In Roman law. A foreigner who had been registered and naturalized in the colony in which he resided. Cod. 11, 47.

In taxation. Any subdivision of territory, whether the whole or part of any municipality, in which by law a separate assessment of taxable property is made by the officers elected or appointed

Rented or farmed out for a specified assise; that is, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions.

According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is done in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at law, barrister at law,

In old English law. To put off to a succeeding term; to prolong the time of payment of a debt. St Westm. 2, c. 4; Cowell; Blount.

The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt 264.

In Indian law. Agent; the holder of an office; an intendant and collector of the revenue, uniting civil, military, and financial powers under the Mohammedan government.

In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who,

Average; the loss and damage suffered in the course of a navigation. Poth. Mar. Louage, 105.

In the civil law. A grandson.

To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166).

In the civil law. Against (contra.) Advcrsus Ixmos mores, against good morals. Dig. 47, 10, 15.

The assise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves,

An action employed in behalf of a buyer to compel a seller to perform his obligations or pay compensation: also to enforce any special agreements by him, embodied in a contract of

In the civil law. An action against the person, founded on a personal liability; an action seeking redress for the violation of a jus in personam or right available against a particular

That is in action; that demands action ; actually subsisting; the opposite of passive. An active debt is one which draws interest. An active trust is a confidence connected with a duty.

In the civil law. A species of right of way, consisting in the right of driving cattle, or a carriage, over the land subject to the servitude. Inst. 2, 3, pr. It

To another tribunal; belonging to another court, cognizance, or jurisdiction.

At a day; at the day. Townsh. Pi. 23. Ad certum diem, at a certain day. 2 Strange, 747. Solvit ad diem; lie paid at or on the day. 1 Chit. Pi.

For this; for this special purpose. An attorney ad hoc, or a guardian or curator ad hoc, is one appointed for a special purpose, generally to represent the client or infant in