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ASSESSMENT ROLL IN TAXATION

The list or roll of taxable persons and property, completed, verified, and deposited by the assessors, not as it appears after review and equalization. Rank v. Genoa, 28 Misc. Rep. 71, 59

ASSISE OF FRESH FORCE

In old English practice. A writ which lay by the usage and custom of a city or borough, where a man was disseised of his lands and tenements in such city or

ACTIO DE DOLO MALO

An action of fraud ; an action which lay for a defrauded person against the defrauder and his heirs, who had been enriched by the fraud, to obtain the restitution of the

ACTIO NTILIS

A beneficial action or equitable action. An action founded on equity instead of strict law, and available for those who had equitable rights or the beneficial ownership of property. Actions are divided

ACTIONS ORDINARY

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

ACTUARIUS

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

AD ABUNDANTIOREM CAUTELAM

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

AD DAMNUM

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

AD GAOLAS DELIBERAND AS

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.

AD LUCRANDUM VEL PERDEN- DUM

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.

ADDUCE

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

ADIPOCERE

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

ADJUNCTIO

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;)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

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

ADNOTATIO

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

ADSTIPULATOR

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

ADVENTITIUS

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

ADVOCATI A

In the civil law. The quality, function, privilege, or territorial jurisdiction of an advocate.

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