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The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed, is considered the act of his master. Lofft, 227.

At the costs. Toullier; Cowell; Whishaw.

Abbreviated ad fin. To the end. It is used in citations to books, as a direction to read from the place designated to the end of the chapter, section, etc. Ad finem

At large; at liberty; free, or unconfined. Ire ad largutn, to go at large. Plowd. 37. At large; giving details, or particulars; in extenso. A special verdict was formerly called a verdict

To which. A term used in | the computation of time or distance, as correlative to a quo; denotes the end or terminal point. See A Quo.

To the most extended import of the terms; in a sense as universal as the terms will reach. 2 Eden, 54.

Addonne. L. Fr. Given to. Kelham.

A term used in the laws of Holland for the application of property by an executor. Wharton.

In French and civil law. The purchaser at a judicial sale. Brent v. New Orleans, 41 La. Ann. 109S, 0 South. 793.

In public law. The administration of government means the practical management and direction of the executive department, or of the public machinery or functions, or of the operations of the various organs

The daughter of a great- great-granddaughter. Calvin.

In the civil law. Added, annexed, or bound by or in writing; enrolled, registered: united, joined, annexed, bound to, generally. Scrius colonce adscrip- tus, a slave annexed to an estate as a

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.