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Audi altoram partem






Audi altoram partem

Hear the other side -- the accused, the defendant.

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Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.

Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.



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Audi alteram partem
Latin: a principle of natural justice which prohibits a judicial decision which impacts upon individual rights without giving all parties in the dispute a right to be heard. Habeas corpus was an early expression of the audi alteram partem principle. In more recent years, it has been extended to include the right to receive notice of a hearing and to be given an opportunity to be represented or heard.

Audi lawyer
A lawyer representing German multinational car maker Audi.

Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.

Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.

Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.

Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.

Audit
Literally, he hears; a hearing.

Audita querela
The complaint having been heard. An audita querela lies where a defendant, against whom a judgment is recovered and who is therefore in danger of execution, may be relieved upon good matter of discharge which has happened since the judgment: as if the plaintiff has given him a general release, or if the defendant has paid the debt without procuring satisfaction to be entered on the record.

Auditor
An officer whose duty is to examine the accounts of officers who have received and dishursed public moneys by lawful authority.



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Attornment
Estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of the seignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant for life, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another.

Au besoin
This is a French phrase, used in commercial law. When the drawer of a foreign bill of exchange wishes as a matter of precaution, and to-save expenses, he puts in the corner of the bill, " Au besoin chez Messieurs or, in other words, " In case of need, apply to Messrs.

Aubaine
French law. When a foreigner died in France, the crown by virtue of a right called droit d'aubaine, formerly claimed all the personal property such foreigner had in France at the time of his death.

Auctor
Among the Romans the seller was called auctor; and public, sales were made by fixing a spear in the forum, and a person who acted as crier stood by the spear the catalogue of the goods to be sold was made in tables called auctionariae.

Audi alteram partem
Latin: a principle of natural justice which prohibits a judicial decision which impacts upon individual rights without giving all parties in the dispute a right to be heard. Habeas corpus was an early expression of the audi alteram partem principle. In more recent years, it has been extended to include the right to receive notice of a hearing and to be given an opportunity to be represented or heard.

Audi altoram partem

Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.

Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.

Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.

Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.

Audit
Literally, he hears; a hearing.

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