ADSCENDENTES
Lat In the civil law. Ascendants. Dig. 23, 2, 68; Cod. 5, 6, 6.
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Lat In the civil law. Ascendants. Dig. 23, 2, 68; Cod. 5, 6, 6.
In Roman law. One of foreign birth, who lias left his own country and settled elsewhere, and who has not acquired citizenship in his new locality; often called albanus. Du Cange.
One who assists, defends, or pleads for another; one who renders legal advice and aid and pleads the cause of another before a court. A person learned In the law, and duly
In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting tlrat of the
One who is not a vassal, but who for the sake of protection has connected himself with one more powerful. Spelman ; 2 Bl. Comm. 46.
To set a price or value on a thing. Blount.
A second crop of grass mown in the same season ; also the right to take such second crop. See 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 181.
Lat. In the civil law. A dam, bank or mound. Cod. 9, 3S; Townsh. PI. 4S.
Kinship by the father’s side. See AGNATES; AGNATI.
Arable lands in common fields.
In old Scotch law. The court of the justices itinerant, corresponding with the English eyre, (q. v.) Skene de Verb. Sign, voc. Iter.
In old French law. The state or condition of an alien or foreigner.
Span. In Spanish law. Property. White, Nov. Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3.
Lat. Under the control, or subject to the authority, of another person; e. g., an infant who is under the authority of his father or guardian; a wife under the power of
Collectively, this term designates the whole number of particulars, individuals, or separate items; distributively. it may be equivalent to “each” or “every.” State v. Maine Cent. R. Co., 66 Me. 510; Sherburne
The allegation in an appellate court, of some error in a subordinate part of the nisi prius record.
By the English general inclosure act. 1S45.
This term means “by.” “on,” or “over,” according to the subject-matter and the context. Pratt v. Railroad Co.. 42 Me. 583; Walton v. Railway Co., 07 Mo. 58; Church v. Meeker, 34
In the civil law. A servitude which consists in the right, to him who is entitled to it, to build his house as high as he may think proper. In general, however,
Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Ninrlle v. State Bank, 13 Neb. 245, 13 N. W. 275; Ellmaker v. Ellmaker, 4