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The destruction, abrogation, or extinguishment of anything; also the leave given by the sovereign or judges to a criminal accuser to desist from further prosecution. 25 Hen. VIII. c. 2L

Fr. In French commercial law. Collision of vessels

As used in a statute relating to service in the militia, tills term does not imply an absolute freedom from all physical aliment It imports an absence of those palpable and visible defects which evi-dently incapacitate the person from performing the ordinary duties of a soldier. Darling v. Bowen, 10 Vt 152

Papal ambassadors of the second rank, who are sent to a country where there is not a nuncio, with a less ex-tensive commission than that of a nuncio

Lat A great-great-grand-son. The grandson of a grandson or grand-daughter. Calvin

To renounce, or abandon, by or upon oath. See Abjuration

IO. In old English law. The depriving of a thing by the judgment of a court; a putting out of court; the same as forisjudicatio, forjudgment, forjudger. Co. Litt 100a, b; Townsh. Pl. 49

Qne of the steps in the process of naturaliz-ing an alien. It consists in a formal declaration, made by the party under oath before a competent authority, that he renounces and abjures all the allegiance and fidelity which he owes to the sovereign whose subject he has theretofore been.

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In Scotch law. A Ju-dicial declaration that the party abides by the deed on which he founds, in an action where the deed or writing is attacked. as forged. Unless thls be done, a decree that the deed is false will be pronounced. Pat. Comp. It has the effect of pledging the pnrty to stand […]

Lat In tbe civil law. The offense of stenllng or driving nwny cat-tie. See Abiueus

Lat. In the clvll law. To drive awny. Applied to those who drove nway animals with the intention of stealing them. Applied, also, to the simllar offense of enttle stealing on the borders between England nnd Scotland. See Abioeus

Lat (Pl., abigei, or more rarely abigeatores.) In the civil law. ‘ A stealer of cattle; one who drove or drew nway (subtraxit) cattle from their pastures, as horses or oxen from the herds, nnd mnde booty of them, nnd who followed this ns a business or trade. The term wns npplled also to those […]

or ABISHERSING

or AVIATIOUS. L. Lat

In criminal law. An instigator, or setter on; one who promotes or procures a crime to be committed; one who commands, advises, instigates, or encourages another to commit a crime; a person who, being present or in the neighborhood, incites another to commit a crime, and thus becomes a principal

L. Lat In old English law. An abettor. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, 8 7. See Abettor

In criminal law. To encourage, incite, or set another on to commit a crime. See Abettor

Lat In the civil law. To be absent; to be away from a place. Said of a person who was extra continentia urbis, (beyond the suburbs of the city

(From Sax. abere, apparent, notorious; and mord, murder.) Plain or downright murder, as distinguished from the less heinous crime of manslaughter, or chance medley. It was declared a capital offense, without fine or commutation, by the laws of Canute, c. 93, and of Hen. I. c. 13. Spelman

The act of a sovereign ln renouncing and relinquishing his government or throne, so that either the throne is left entirely vacant, or is filled by a successor appointed or elected beforehand

or ABBROAOH-MENT. The act of forestalling a market, by buying up at wholesale the merchandise intended to be sold there, for the purpose of selling it at retail. See Forestalling

In ecclesiastical law. Officers whose duty lt is to assist ln drawing

Shortened conventional expressions, employed as substitutes for names, phrases, dates, and the like, for the saving of space, of time ln transcribing, etc. Abbott

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In Scotch law. An abstract of the decree of adjudication, and of the lauds adjudged, with the amount of the debt Adjudication ls that diligence (execution) of the law by which the real estate of a debtor is adjudged to belong to his creditor in payment of a debt; and the abbreviate must he recorded […]

The splritual superior or governor of an abbey or monastery. Feminine, Abbess

A society of religious persons, bavlng an abbot or abbess to preside over them

The government of a religious house, and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric ls to a bishop. Cow-elh The rights and prlvlleges of an abbot

Lat In the civil law. A great-great-grandfather. Inst 3, 6, 4; Dig. 38,10,1, 6; Bract. foL 67a

Lat In the civil law. A great-great-grandmother’s brother, (abaviae /rater.) Inst 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called avunculus maximus. Id. 38,10,10, 17. Call-ed by Bracton and Fleta abavunculus magnus. Bract fol. 68b; Fleta, lib. 6, C. 2,119

A great-great-grandfather’s sister. Braot fob 68b. This ls a misprint for abamita, (q. v.) Burrlll

Lat In the civil law. A great-great-grandmother. Inst 3, 6, 4; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 6; Bract fol. 68b

Anything diminished. Mon-eta abatuda ls money clipped or diminished in value. Cowell; Dufresue

In real property law, a strap; ger who, having no right of entry, contrives to get possession of an estate of freehold,’ to the prejudice of the heir or devisee, before

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L. Lat In old Eng-lish law. An abatement of freehold; an en-try upon lands by way of Interposition be-tween the death of the ancestor and the en-try of the heir. Co. Litt. 277a; Yel. 151

Lat To detect or discov-er, and disclose to a magistrate, any secret crime. Leges Canutl, cap. 10

or ABANDUM. Anything sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned. Abandon, i. e., in bannum res missa, a thing han-ned or denounced as forfeited or lost, whence io abandon, desert, or forsake, as lost and gone. Cowell

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A party to whom a right or property is abandoned or relinquished by another. Applied* to the insurers of vessels and cargoes. Lord Eilenborough, C. J., 5 Maule & S. 82; Abbott, J., Id. 87; Holroyd, J., Id. 89

Lat In the civil law. A great-great-grandfather’s sister, (abavi soror.) Inst 3, 6^ 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called amita maxima. Id. 38, 10, 10, 17. Called, in Brac* ton, abamita magna. Bract fol. 68b

In Roman law. The perfect conveyance or transfer of property from one Roman citizen to another. Thls term gave place to the slmple alicnatio, which is used in the Digest and I nstitutes, as .veil

In Roman law. A cattle thief. Also called ablgcus, q. v

In Spanish law. Land owned by an ecclesiastical corporation, and therefore exempt from taxation. In particular, lands or towns under the dominion and jurisdiction of an abbot

(Lat eaetra, beyond, wlth-out) From without Lunt v. Holland, 14 Mass. 15L

From hardship, or inconvenience. An argument founded upon tbe hardship of the case, and the in-convenience or disastrous consequences to which a different course of reasoning would lead