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The giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given. The term is principally used in bankruptcy proceedings, the adjudication being the order which declares the debtor

Pertaining to administration. Particularly, having the character of executive or ministerial action. In this sense, administrative functions or acts are distinguished from such as are judicial. People v. Austin, 20 App. Div.

In old English law. To annul; to make void; to reduce to nothing; to treat as nothing; to hold as or for nought.

Side judges. Assistants or advisers of the regular magistrates, or appointed as their substitutes in certain cases. Calvin.

That which comes Incidentally, fortuitously, or out of the regular course. “Adventitious value” of lands, see Central R. Co. v. State Board of Assessors, 49 N. J. Daw, 1, 7 Atl. 300.

A term used in the ecclesiastical law to denote the patrons of churches who presented to the living on an avoidance. This term was also applied to those who were retained to

A writ which inquired whether the king’s tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive bis lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused.

An affidavit intended to certify the service of a writ, notice, or other document.

In old English law. A fortress or stronghold, or other fortification. Cowell. The calling of a court upon a solemn or extraordinary occasion. Id.

Adverse to; contrary; opposed to; without the consent of; in contact with. State v. Metzger, 26 Kan. 395; James v. Bank, 12 R. I. 460; Seabright v. Seabright. 28 W. Va. 405;

Composed of several; consisting of many persons united together. 1 Bl. Comm. 469.

Lat Lamb of God. A piece of white wax, in a flat, oval form, like a small cake, stamped with the figure of a lamb, and consecrated by the pope. Cowell.

The science or art of cultivating the ground, especially in fields or large areas, including the tillage of the soil, the planting of seeds, the raising and harvesting of crops, and the

In English law. A passage for the admission of air into a mine. To maliciously till up, obstruct, or damage, with intent to destroy, obstruct, or render useless the air-way to any

A blank writ; a writ with a blank or omission in it.

A liberty of passage, open way, water-course, etc., for the tenant’s accommodation. Kitchin.

The state, condition, or character of an alien. 2 Kent, Comm. 56, 64, 60.

A sale of goods with “all faults” covers, in the absence of fraud on the part of the vendor, all such faults and defects as are not inconsistent with the identity of

The relation or union between persons or families contracted by intermarriage. In international law. A union or association of two or more states or nations, formed by league or treaty, for the

To grant, approve, or permit; as to allow an appeal or a marriage; to allow an account. Also to give a fit portion out of a larger property or fund. Thurman v.