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Avus
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AvusGrandfather. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
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Grandfather
Domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is the maternal grandfather.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Tables
A synopsis in which many particulars are brought together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the names of persons
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Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
Avowtry
English law. The crime of adultery.
Avulsion
Where, by the immediate and manifest power of a river or stream, the soil is taken suddenly from one man's estate and carried to another. In such case the property belongs to the first owner. An acquiescence on his part, however, will in time entitle the owner of the land to which it is attached to claim it as his own.
Avunculus
Latin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
Avus
Await
Criminal law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.
Award
A decision made by a court to compensate a person for something.
Awm
Awm or aume. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
Ayant cause
French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like.
Ayuntamiento
Spanish law. A congress of persons the municipal council of a city or town.
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Grandfather
Domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is the maternal grandfather.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Tables
A synopsis in which many particulars are brought together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the names of persons
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
Avowtry
English law. The crime of adultery.
Avulsion
Where, by the immediate and manifest power of a river or stream, the soil is taken suddenly from one man's estate and carried to another. In such case the property belongs to the first owner. An acquiescence on his part, however, will in time entitle the owner of the land to which it is attached to claim it as his own.
Avunculus
Latin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
Avus
Await
Criminal law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.
Award
A decision made by a court to compensate a person for something.
Awm
Awm or aume. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
Ayant cause
French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like.
Ayuntamiento
Spanish law. A congress of persons the municipal council of a city or town.
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