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Advocatia
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AdvocatiaCivil law.This sometimes signifies the quality, or functions, and at other times the privilege, or the territorial jurisdiction of an advocate.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Quality
1) Persons. The state or condition of a person. 2) pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the same kind.
Privilege
1) Civil law. A right which the nature of a debt gives to a creditor, and which entitles him to be preferred before other creditors. 2) Maritime law. An allowance to the master of a ship of the general nature with primage, being compensation or rather a gratuity customary in certain trades, and which the law assumes to be a fair and equitable allowance, because the contract on both sides is made under the knowledge such usage by the parties. 3) Rights. This word, taken its active sense, is a particular law, or a particular disposition of the law, which grants certain special prerogatives to some persons, contrary to common right. In its passive sense, it is the same prerogative granted by the same particular law.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
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Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
Advocation
Scotch law. A writing drawn up in the form of a petition, called a bill of advocation, by which a party in an action applies to the supreme court to advocate its cause, and to call the action out of an inferior court to itself. Letters of advocation, are the decree or warrant of the supreme court or court of sessions, discharging the inferior tribunal from all further proceedings in the matter, and advocating the action to itself. This proceeding is similar to a certiorari issuing out of a superior court for the removal of a cause from an inferior.
Advocatus
A pleader, a narrator
Advow
Advow or avow.Practice. Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done.
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Adverse possession
The possession of land, without legal title, for a period of time sufficient to become recognized as legal owner. The more common word for this is "squatters." Each state has its own period of time after which a squatter can acquire legal title. Some states prohibit title by mere prescription or possession.
Advertisement
1) A 'notice' published either in handbills or in a newspaper. 2) The law in many instances requires parties to advertise in order to give notice of acts which are to be done; in these cases, the advertisement is in general equivalent to notice.
Advice
1) Com. A letter containing information of any circumstances unknown to the person to whom it is written; when goods are forwarded by sea or land, the letter transmited to inform the consignee of the fact, is termed advice of goods, or letter of advice. When one merchant draws upon another, he generally advises him of the fact. These letters are intended to give notice of the facts they contain. 2) Practice. The opinion given by counsel to their clients; this should never be done but upon mature deliberation to the best of the counsel's ability; and without regard to the consideration whether it will affect the client favorably or unfavorably.
Advisement
Consideration, deliberation, consultation; as the court holds the case under advisement.
Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
Advocatia
Advocation
Scotch law. A writing drawn up in the form of a petition, called a bill of advocation, by which a party in an action applies to the supreme court to advocate its cause, and to call the action out of an inferior court to itself. Letters of advocation, are the decree or warrant of the supreme court or court of sessions, discharging the inferior tribunal from all further proceedings in the matter, and advocating the action to itself. This proceeding is similar to a certiorari issuing out of a superior court for the removal of a cause from an inferior.
Advocatus
A pleader, a narrator
Advow
Advow or avow.Practice. Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done.
Affection
Contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assurp the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service.
Affeerers
English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Quality
1) Persons. The state or condition of a person. 2) pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the same kind.
Privilege
1) Civil law. A right which the nature of a debt gives to a creditor, and which entitles him to be preferred before other creditors. 2) Maritime law. An allowance to the master of a ship of the general nature with primage, being compensation or rather a gratuity customary in certain trades, and which the law assumes to be a fair and equitable allowance, because the contract on both sides is made under the knowledge such usage by the parties. 3) Rights. This word, taken its active sense, is a particular law, or a particular disposition of the law, which grants certain special prerogatives to some persons, contrary to common right. In its passive sense, it is the same prerogative granted by the same particular law.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
Advocation
Scotch law. A writing drawn up in the form of a petition, called a bill of advocation, by which a party in an action applies to the supreme court to advocate its cause, and to call the action out of an inferior court to itself. Letters of advocation, are the decree or warrant of the supreme court or court of sessions, discharging the inferior tribunal from all further proceedings in the matter, and advocating the action to itself. This proceeding is similar to a certiorari issuing out of a superior court for the removal of a cause from an inferior.
Advocatus
A pleader, a narrator
Advow
Advow or avow.Practice. Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done.
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Adverse possession
The possession of land, without legal title, for a period of time sufficient to become recognized as legal owner. The more common word for this is "squatters." Each state has its own period of time after which a squatter can acquire legal title. Some states prohibit title by mere prescription or possession.
Advertisement
1) A 'notice' published either in handbills or in a newspaper. 2) The law in many instances requires parties to advertise in order to give notice of acts which are to be done; in these cases, the advertisement is in general equivalent to notice.
Advice
1) Com. A letter containing information of any circumstances unknown to the person to whom it is written; when goods are forwarded by sea or land, the letter transmited to inform the consignee of the fact, is termed advice of goods, or letter of advice. When one merchant draws upon another, he generally advises him of the fact. These letters are intended to give notice of the facts they contain. 2) Practice. The opinion given by counsel to their clients; this should never be done but upon mature deliberation to the best of the counsel's ability; and without regard to the consideration whether it will affect the client favorably or unfavorably.
Advisement
Consideration, deliberation, consultation; as the court holds the case under advisement.
Advocate
Civil and ecclesiastical law. An officer who maintains or de fends the rights of his client in the same manner as the counsellor does in the common law.
Advocatia
Advocation
Scotch law. A writing drawn up in the form of a petition, called a bill of advocation, by which a party in an action applies to the supreme court to advocate its cause, and to call the action out of an inferior court to itself. Letters of advocation, are the decree or warrant of the supreme court or court of sessions, discharging the inferior tribunal from all further proceedings in the matter, and advocating the action to itself. This proceeding is similar to a certiorari issuing out of a superior court for the removal of a cause from an inferior.
Advocatus
A pleader, a narrator
Advow
Advow or avow.Practice. Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done.
Affection
Contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assurp the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service.
Affeerers
English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet.
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