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Assize of mort d' ancestor






Assize of mort d' ancestor

The name, of an ancient writ. It might have been sued out by one whose father, mother, brother, died seised of lands, and tonements, which they held in fee , and which, after their death, a stranger abated.

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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).

Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.

Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.

Brother
Domestic relat. He who is born from the same father and mother with another, or from one of them only.

Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.

Stranger
Persons, contracts.1) A person born out of the United States; but in this sense the term alien is more properly applied, until he becomes naturalized. 2) A person who is not privy to an act or contract; example, he who is a stranger to the issue, shall not take advantage of the verdict.



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One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another.

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Contracts. Those to whom rights have been transmitted by particular title, such as sale, gift, legacy, transfer, or cession.

Assises of jerusalem
The name of a code of feudal law, made at a general assembly of lords, after the conquest of Jerusalem.

Assisors
Scotch law. This term corresponds nearly to that of jurors.

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A French term, reflecting the civilian equivalent of salvage, based on the Roman law concept of negotiorum gestio (management of the business of another), whereby the "assistant" is remunerated for his efforts to save ship and cargo, regardless of whether or not those efforts are successful. In French internal law, "assistance", referring to salvage of a ship, cargo, and/or persons in peril at sea, is distinguished from "sauvetage".

Assize of mort d' ancestor

Associate
This term is applied to a judge who is not the president of a court; as associate judge.

Association
The act of a number of persons uniting together for some purpose; the persons so joined are also called an association.

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The organization of average adjusters in the United Kingdom.

Assumpsit
Contracts. An undertaking either express or implied, to perform a parol agreement.

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A doctrine under which a person may not recover for an injury received when he has voluntarily exposed himself to a known danger.

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