Category: A

Lat. At; by ; for; near; on account of; to ; until; upon.

At the cost. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent. Ad fir- mam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in amount to the estimated cost of entertaining the king for one

For the suit; for the purposes of the suit; pending the suit. A guardian ad litem is a guardian appointed to prosecute or defend a suit on behalf of a party incapacitated

jndices; ad qnestiones legis non respond- J ent juratores. Judges do not answer questions of fact; juries do not answer questions of law. 8 Coke, 30S; Co. Litt. 295.

To the use and benefit.

That part of a bill in equity wherein is given the appropriate and technical description of the court in which the bill is filed. The word is sometimes used as descriptive of

L. Fr. Without day. A common term in the Year Books, implying final dismissal from court.

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.