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A
the first letter of the English and most other alphabets, is
frequently
used as an abbreviation, (q. v.) and also in the marks of
schedules or
papers, as schedule... more
A MENSA ET THORO
from bed
and board. A divorce a mensa et thoro, is
rather a separation of the
parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the
marriage. It may... more
A PRENDRE
French, to take, to
seize, in contracts, as profits a prendre.
Ham. N. P. 184, or a right to
take something out of the soil. 5 Ad. &... more
A QUO
A Latin
phrases which signifies from which, example, in the
computation of time,
the day a quo is not to be counted, but the day ad quem
is always... more
A RENDRE
French, to render, to yield, contracts. Profits a rendre, under
this term
are comprehended rents and services. Ham N. P. 192.
... more
A VINCULO
MATRIMONII
from the bond of marriage. A marriage may be
dissolved a
vinculo, in many states, as in Pennsylvania, on the ground of
canonical
disabilities before marriage, as that one... more
AB INITIO
from the beginning.
2. When a man enters upon lands or into the house of another
by
authority of law, and afterwards... more
AB INTESTAT
An heir, ab intestat,
is one on whom the law casts the
inheritance or estate of a person who dies
intestate.
... more
AB IRATO
civil law. A Latin phrase, which
signifies by a man in anger. It
is applied to bequests or gifts, which a
man makes adverse to the interest of
his... more
ABANDONMENT
contracts. In the French law, the act by which a
debtor
surrenders his property for the benefit of his creditors. Merl. Rep.
mot
Abandonment.
... more
ABANDONMENT
contracts. In insurances the
act by which the insured
relinquishes to the assurer all the property to
the thing insured.
2.- No particular form is required for an
abandonment, nor... more
ABANDONMENT
In maritime
contracts in the civil law, principals are
generally held indefinitely
responsible for the obligations which their
agents have contracted relative
to the concern of their commission but... more
ABANDONMENT
lights. The
relinquishment of a right, the giving up of
something to which we are
entitled.
2. - Legal rights, when once vested, must... more
ABANDONMENT
for torts, a term used in the civil law. By the Roman
law,
when the master was sued for the tort of his slave, or the... more
ABANDONMENT
malicious. The act of a hushand or wife, who leaves his or
her consort
wilfully, and with an intention of causing perpetual separation.
2. -... more
ABATEMENT
chancery practice, is a suspension of
all proceedings in a
suit, from the want of proper parties capable of
proceeding therein. It
differs from an abatement at law in... more
ABATEMENT
contracts, is a reduction made
by the creditor, for the prompt
payment of a debt due by the payor or
debtor. Wesk. on Ins. 7.
... more
ABATEMENT
merc. law. By this term
is understood the deduction sometimes
made at the custom-house from the
duties chargeable upon goods when they
are damaged See Act of Congress,
March 2,... more
ABATEMENT
pleading, is the overthrow of an action in consequence of
some error
committed in bringing or conducting it when the plaintiff is not
forever
barred from bringing another action.... more
ABATEMENT OF A FREEHOLD
The entry of a
stranger after the death of the
ancestor, and before the heir or devisee
takes possession, by which the
rightful possession of the heir or... more
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