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In Indian law. Trustee; commissioner; a temporary collector or supervisor, appointed to the charge of a country on the removal of a zemindar, or for any other particular purpose of local investigation

The name of an unlimited monarchical government. A government at the will of one man, (called an “autocrat,”) unchecked by constitutional restrictions or limitations.

In French law. The guaranty of a bill of exchange; so called because usually placed at the foot or bottom (aval) of the bill. Story, Bills,

A term used in the Scotch law, signifying to abet or assist.

In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6, 1.

To fail in the assise ; i. e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402.

To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the request of him who makes it, and subscribe the same as a witness. White v. Magarahan, 87 Ga. 217, 13 S. E.

In the civil law. A Latin translation of the Novels of Justinian by an anonymous author; so called because the Novels were translated entire, in order to distinguish it from the epitome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

To which the court agreed. Yearb. P. 20 I Hen. VI. 27.

To the value. See AD VALOREM.

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

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