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Ad vitam aut culpam






Ad vitam aut culpam

An office to be so held as to determine only by thedeath or delinquency of the possessor; in other words it is held quam diu sebenegesserit.

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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it

Delinquency
The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile.

Possessor
He who holds, detains or enjoys a thing, either by himself or his agent, which he claims as his own.



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Ad valorem
According to the value. This Latin term is used in commerce inreference to certain duties, called ad valorem duties, which are levied on commodities at certain rates per centum on their value.



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Ad quod damnum
To what damage. A writ, at common law, by which the sheriff was to inquire by a jury what damage it would be to the sovereign, or to a subject, to grant a fair, market, highway, or other like franchise.

Ad sectam
At the suit of, commonly abbreviated ads. It is usual in filingpleas, and other papers, for a defendant, instead of putting the name of the plaintiff first.

Ad terminum qui preteriit
The name of a writ of entry which lay for thelessor or his heirs, when a lease had been made of lands or tenements, forterm of life or years, and, after the term had expired, the lands were with held from the lessor by the tenant, or other person possessing the same.

Ad tunc et ibidem
That part of an indictment, where it is stated that theobject-matter of the crime or offence" then and there being found," is technically so called.

Ad valorem
According to the value. This Latin term is used in commerce inreference to certain duties, called ad valorem duties, which are levied on commodities at certain rates per centum on their value.

Ad vitam aut culpam

Addendum
An attachment to a written document. For example, affidavits may be addendums to a petition as a petition may be an addendum to a writ.

Additional legacy
An additional legacy is one which is given by a codicil, besides one before given by the will; or it is an increase by a codicil of a legacy before given by the will. An additional legacy is generally subject to the same qualities and conditions as the original legacy.

Additionales
Contracts. Additional terms or propositions to be added to a former agreement.

Additur
An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.

Address
Chan. Pleading. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate andtechnical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy.

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