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Dellberatlon, conslder-atlon, consultation; the consultation of a court, after the argument of a cause by counsel, and before delivering thelr opinion. Clark v. Read, 5 N. J. Law, 486

To give an opinion or counsel, or recommend a plan or course of action; also to give notice. Long v. State, 23 Neb. 33, 36 N. W. 310

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Vlew; opinlou; the counsel given by lawyers to thelr clients; an opinion expressed as to wisdom of future conduct

Certain articles or ordinances drawn up by Archbishop Parker and some of tbe bishops in 1564, at the request of Queen Elizabeth, the object of which was to enforce decency and uniformity in the ritual of the church. The queen subsequent* ly refused to give her official sanction to these advertisements, and left them to […]

Notice given ln a manner designed to attract public attention; information communicated to the public, or to an Individual concerned, by means of handbills or the newspaper. Montford v. Allen, 111 Ga. 18, 36 S. E. 305; Haffner ?. Barnard, 123 Ind. 429, 24 N. E. 152; Com. v. Johnson, 3 Pa. Dist. R. 222

In the civil law. Against, (contra.) Adversus bonos mores, against good morals. Dig. 47, 10, 15

opposed; contrary; ln re-sistance or opposition to a claim, application, or proceedlng

one

A litigant-opponent, the opposite party ln a writ or actlon

(From Lat. adverse, things remarked or ready at hand.) Rough memoranda, common-place books

In mercantile law

An adventure. 2 Mon. Angl. 615; Townsh. Pi. 50. Flotson, jet-son, and lagon are styled adventures marie, (adventures of the sea.) Hale, De Jure Mar. pt 1, c. 7

Lat Fortuitous; incidental; that which comes from an unus-ual source. Adventitia bona are goods whlch fall to a man otherwise than by inheritance. Adventitia dot is a dowry or portion given by some friend other than the parent

In Roman law. one of foreign birth, who has left his own country and settled elsewhere, and who has not ac-quired citizenship ln hls new locality; often called albanus. Du Cange

In old pleading. An advantage. Co. Ent. 484; Townsh. Pl. 50

Money or property given by a father to his child or presumptive heir, or expended by the former for the

Adul-terous bastards are’ those produced by an unlawful connection between two persons, who, at the time when the child was con-ceived, were, either of them or both, con-nected by marriage with some other person. Civil Code La. art 182.

A ‘fine aneiently im-‘ posed as a punishment for the commission of adultery

Begotten in an adulter-ous intercourse. In t^e. Roman, and canon law, adulterine bastards )vere distinguished from such as were the issue ot two unmar-ried persons, and the.fpruicr were treated with more severity, not being..allowed, the status of natural, children,,, and’ being, in-eligible to holy orders

Let Jn the civil

In the civil law. An adulteress; a woman guilty of adultery. Dig. 48, 5, 4, pr.; Id. 48. 5, 15, 8

Lot. one who corrupts; one who seduces another man’s wife. Adulter solidorur/i. A corruptor of metals; a counterfeiter. Calvin

In the civil law. A male infant who has attained the age of four-teen ; a female infant who has attained the age of twelve. Dom. Liv. Prel. tit 2, | 2, n. 8

In Roman law. An accessory party to a promise, who received the same promise as his principal did, and conld equally receive and exact payment; or he only stipulated for a part of that for which the principal stipulated, and then his rights were coextensive with the amount of his own stipulation. Sandars, Just Inst […]

Side judges. Assist-ants or advisers of the regular magistrates, or appointed as their substitutes ln certain cases. Calvin

In the civil law. Add-ed, annexed, or bound by or in writing; en-rolled. registered; united, Joined, annexed, bound to, generally. Servus colon# adscrip-tus, a slave annexed to an estate as a culti-vator. Dig. 19, 2, 54, 2. Fundus adscrip-tux, an estate hound, to, or burdened with a duty. Cod. 11, 2, 3

bat. In the civil law. Ascendants. Dig. 23, 2, 68; Cod. 5, 5. 6

In the civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes; that ls, lf a male, under fourteen years of age; if a female, under twelve. Dig. 1, 7, 17, 1

Sea-weed, between high and low wnter-mnrk, which lias not been deposlt-ed on tbe shore, nnd which during flood-tide is moved by each rising and receding wave, is adrift, although the bottom of the mass may touch the beach. Anthony v. Gifford, 2 Allen (Ma88.) 549

To set right, satisfy, or make amends

Payment. Blount

In the civil and Scotch law. A guarantor, surety, or caution-er; a peculiar species of fidejussor; one who adds hls own promise to the promise given hy the principal debtor, whence the name

Lat Adoptive. Applied both to the parent adopting, and the chlld adopted. Inst. 2, 13, 4; Id. 3, 1, 10-14

An act of legislation which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner pre-scribed therein, by the inhabitants of that area

That age which fol-lows puberty aud precedes the age of majors ity.. It commences for males at 14, and for females at 12 years completed, and con-tinues till 21 years complete

In the civil law. The subscription of a name or signature to an in-strument. Cod. 4, 19, 5, 7

In old English law. To annul;, to make void; to reduce to noth* ing; to treat as nothiug; to hold as or for nought

Annulled, cancelled, mnde void. 28 Hen. VIII

The daughter of a great-great-granddaughter. Calvin

The son of a great-great-grandson. Calvin

The reduction of property of lands or tenements to mort-main, in the feudal customs

In ecclesiastical law, this is the lightest form of punishment, con-slstlng in a reprimand and warning adinin-lstered by the judge to the defendant. If the latter does not obey the admonition, he may be more severely punished, as by suspension, etc

A triple or threefold warning, given, in old times, to a prisoner standing mute, before he was subjected to the peine forte et dure. 4 Bl. Comm. 325; 4 Steph. Comm. 391

A writ for associating certain persons, as knights and other gentlemen of the county, to jus-tlces of assize on the circuit Reg. orig. 206

A writ of execution upon a right of presentation to a benefice being recovered ln quare impedit, addressed to the bishop or hls metropolitan, requiring him to admit and institute the clerk or presentee of the plaintiff. Reg. orig. 33a

In European lnw. An usher. Spelman

To allow, receive, or take; to suffer one to enter; to give possession; to license. Gregory v. United States, 17 Blatchf. 325, 10 Fed. Cas. 1195. See Ad-mission

A court exercising jurls-diction over maritlme causes, both civil and criminal, and marine affairs, commerce and navigation, controversies arising out of acts done upon or relating to the*sea, and over questions of prize

Proper to be received. As applied to evidence, the term means that it Is of such a character that the court or judge ls bound to receive it; that ls, allow lt to be introduced