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Admittance
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AdmittanceEnglish law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate, as livery of seisin is of a freehold; it is of three kinds, namely uponavoluntary grant by the lord, upon a surrender by the former tenant and upon descent.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Copyhold
Estate in the English law. A copyhold estate is a parcel of a manor, held at the will of the lord, according to the custom of the manor, by a grant from the lord, and admittance of the tenant, entered on the rolls of the manor court.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Livery
English law. 1) The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capite, or knight's service. 2) Livery was also the name of a writ which lay for the heir of age, to obtain the possession of seisin of his lands at the king's hands. 3) It signifies, in the third place, the clothes given by a nobleman or gentleman to his servant.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Freehold
Estates. An estate of freehold is an estate in lands or other real property, held by a free tenure, for the life of the tenant or that of some other person; or for some uneertain period. It is called liberum tenementum, frank tenement or freehold; it was formerly described to be such an estate as could only be created by livery of seisin, a ceremony similar to the investiture of the feudal law. But since the introduction of certain modern conveyances, by which an estate of freehold may be created without livery of seisin, this description is not sufficient.
Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
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Admiitendo in socium
A writ associating certain persons tojustices of assize.
Adminicle
1) A term, in the Scotch and French law, for any writing or deed referred to by a party, in an action at law, for proving his allegations. 2) A term in the civil, law for imperfect proof.
Administration
Government. The management of the affairs of the government; this word is also applied to the persons entrusted with the management of the publio affairs.
Administrative agencies
Agencies created by the legislative branch of government to administer laws pertaining to specific areas such as taxes, transportation, and labor.
Administrative law
Synonymous with "natural justice." Administrative law is that body of law which applies for hearings before quasi-judicial or administrative tribunals. This would include, as a minimum, the principles of natural justice as embodied in audi alteram partem and nemo judex in sua causa. Many quasi-judicial organizations or administrative tribunals supplement the rules of natural justice with their own detailed rules of procedure.
Administrative officer
The official who is appointed instead of a judge to preside over the child.
Administrative segregation
In the US penitentiary jargon, a status of confinement for non-disciplinary reasons that provides closer supervision, control and protection than is provided in general inmate population.
Administrative tribunal
Hybrid adjudicating authorities which straddle the line between government and the courts. Between routine government policy decision-making bodies and the traditional court forums lies a hybrid, sometimes called a "tribunal" or "administrative tribunal" and not necessarily presided by judges. These operate as a government policy-making body at times but also exercise a licensing, certifying, approval or other adjudication authority which is " quasi-judicial" because it directly affects the legal rights of a person. Administrative tribunals are often referred to as "Commission", "Authority" or "Board."
Administrator
A person who administers the estate of a person deceased. The administrator is appointed by a court and is the person who would then have power to deal with the debts and assets of a person who died intestate. Female administrators are called "administratrix." An administrator is a personal representative.
Administratrix
This term is applied to a woman to whom letters ofadministration have been granted.
Admiral
In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States.
Admiralty law
Also, maritime law. That body of law relating to ships, shipping, marine commerce and navigation, transportation of persons or property by sea, etc.
Admiralty solicitors group
The City of London Admiralty Solicitors Group (generally known as the "Admiralty Solicitors Group") is an organization devoted to promoting high standards in the practice of maritime law in London and to promoting the arbitration and mediation of maritime law disputes there. It also publishes various standard-form documents used by maritime law practitioners, particularly in collision and salvage cases.
Admissible
Any form of testimony or evidence that is allowed into court.
Admissible evidence
Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Admissions
1) It, frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expenses as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, reciprocally, certain facts in the cause without calling for proof of them. 2) Of attorneys and counselors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Different statutes and rules have been made to regulate their admission; they generally require a previous qualification by study under the direction of some practicing counsellor or attorney.
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Admiralty solicitors group
The City of London Admiralty Solicitors Group (generally known as the "Admiralty Solicitors Group") is an organization devoted to promoting high standards in the practice of maritime law in London and to promoting the arbitration and mediation of maritime law disputes there. It also publishes various standard-form documents used by maritime law practitioners, particularly in collision and salvage cases.
Admissible
Any form of testimony or evidence that is allowed into court.
Admissible evidence
Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Admissions
1) It, frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expenses as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, reciprocally, certain facts in the cause without calling for proof of them. 2) Of attorneys and counselors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Different statutes and rules have been made to regulate their admission; they generally require a previous qualification by study under the direction of some practicing counsellor or attorney.
Admittance
Admonish
To advise or caution. For example the court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
Admonition
A reprimamd from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him, that should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity.
Adnepos
A term employed by the Romans to designate male descendants in the fifth degree, in a direct line. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Adolescence
Persons.That age which follows puberty and precedes the age of majority; it commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years completed, and continues till twenty-one years complete.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Copyhold
Estate in the English law. A copyhold estate is a parcel of a manor, held at the will of the lord, according to the custom of the manor, by a grant from the lord, and admittance of the tenant, entered on the rolls of the manor court.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Livery
English law. 1) The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capite, or knight's service. 2) Livery was also the name of a writ which lay for the heir of age, to obtain the possession of seisin of his lands at the king's hands. 3) It signifies, in the third place, the clothes given by a nobleman or gentleman to his servant.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Freehold
Estates. An estate of freehold is an estate in lands or other real property, held by a free tenure, for the life of the tenant or that of some other person; or for some uneertain period. It is called liberum tenementum, frank tenement or freehold; it was formerly described to be such an estate as could only be created by livery of seisin, a ceremony similar to the investiture of the feudal law. But since the introduction of certain modern conveyances, by which an estate of freehold may be created without livery of seisin, this description is not sufficient.
Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Admiitendo in socium
A writ associating certain persons tojustices of assize.
Adminicle
1) A term, in the Scotch and French law, for any writing or deed referred to by a party, in an action at law, for proving his allegations. 2) A term in the civil, law for imperfect proof.
Administration
Government. The management of the affairs of the government; this word is also applied to the persons entrusted with the management of the publio affairs.
Administrative agencies
Agencies created by the legislative branch of government to administer laws pertaining to specific areas such as taxes, transportation, and labor.
Administrative law
Synonymous with "natural justice." Administrative law is that body of law which applies for hearings before quasi-judicial or administrative tribunals. This would include, as a minimum, the principles of natural justice as embodied in audi alteram partem and nemo judex in sua causa. Many quasi-judicial organizations or administrative tribunals supplement the rules of natural justice with their own detailed rules of procedure.
Administrative officer
The official who is appointed instead of a judge to preside over the child.
Administrative segregation
In the US penitentiary jargon, a status of confinement for non-disciplinary reasons that provides closer supervision, control and protection than is provided in general inmate population.
Administrative tribunal
Hybrid adjudicating authorities which straddle the line between government and the courts. Between routine government policy decision-making bodies and the traditional court forums lies a hybrid, sometimes called a "tribunal" or "administrative tribunal" and not necessarily presided by judges. These operate as a government policy-making body at times but also exercise a licensing, certifying, approval or other adjudication authority which is " quasi-judicial" because it directly affects the legal rights of a person. Administrative tribunals are often referred to as "Commission", "Authority" or "Board."
Administrator
A person who administers the estate of a person deceased. The administrator is appointed by a court and is the person who would then have power to deal with the debts and assets of a person who died intestate. Female administrators are called "administratrix." An administrator is a personal representative.
Administratrix
This term is applied to a woman to whom letters ofadministration have been granted.
Admiral
In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States.
Admiralty law
Also, maritime law. That body of law relating to ships, shipping, marine commerce and navigation, transportation of persons or property by sea, etc.
Admiralty solicitors group
The City of London Admiralty Solicitors Group (generally known as the "Admiralty Solicitors Group") is an organization devoted to promoting high standards in the practice of maritime law in London and to promoting the arbitration and mediation of maritime law disputes there. It also publishes various standard-form documents used by maritime law practitioners, particularly in collision and salvage cases.
Admissible
Any form of testimony or evidence that is allowed into court.
Admissible evidence
Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Admissions
1) It, frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expenses as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, reciprocally, certain facts in the cause without calling for proof of them. 2) Of attorneys and counselors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Different statutes and rules have been made to regulate their admission; they generally require a previous qualification by study under the direction of some practicing counsellor or attorney.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Admiralty solicitors group
The City of London Admiralty Solicitors Group (generally known as the "Admiralty Solicitors Group") is an organization devoted to promoting high standards in the practice of maritime law in London and to promoting the arbitration and mediation of maritime law disputes there. It also publishes various standard-form documents used by maritime law practitioners, particularly in collision and salvage cases.
Admissible
Any form of testimony or evidence that is allowed into court.
Admissible evidence
Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Admissions
1) It, frequently occurs in practice, that in order to save expenses as to mere formal proofs, the attorneys on each side consent to admit, reciprocally, certain facts in the cause without calling for proof of them. 2) Of attorneys and counselors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Different statutes and rules have been made to regulate their admission; they generally require a previous qualification by study under the direction of some practicing counsellor or attorney.
Admittance
Admonish
To advise or caution. For example the court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
Admonition
A reprimamd from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him, that should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity.
Adnepos
A term employed by the Romans to designate male descendants in the fifth degree, in a direct line. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Adolescence
Persons.That age which follows puberty and precedes the age of majority; it commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years completed, and continues till twenty-one years complete.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
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