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  • AD MORDENDUM ASSUETUS
    Accustomed to bite. Cro. Car. 254. A material averment in declarations for damage done by a dog to persons or animals. 1 Chit PL 888 ; 2 Chit. PI. 597.
  • AD NOCUMENTUM
    To the nuisance, or annoyance. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, ft 19. Ad nocumentum liberi tenementi sui, to the nuisance of his freehold. Formal words in the old assise of nuisance. 3 BL Comm. 221 Ad officium justiciariorium spectat, aniouique coram eis plaeitanti justitiam exhibere. It is the duty of More...
  • AD OSTENDENDUM
    To show. Formal words in old writs. Fleta, lib. 4, c 65, f 12.
  • AD OSTIUM ECCLESIAE
    At the door of the church. One of the five species of dower formerly recognized by the English law. 1 Washb. Real Prop. "149; 2 BL Comm. 132.
  • AD PIOS USUS
    Lat. For pious (religious or charitable) uses or purposes. Used with reference to gifts and bequests. Ad proximum antecedens flat relatio nisi impediatur sententia. Relative words refer to the nearest antecedent, unless it be prevented by tha context. Jenk. Cent 180.
  • AD QUAERIMONIAM
    On complaint of.
  • AD QUEM
    To which. A term used In the computation of time or distance, as correlative to a quo; denotes the end or terminal point. See A Quo. Ad questiones facti non respondent judices; ad questiones legis non respondent juratores. Judges do not answer questions of fact; juries do not answer questions More...
  • AD QUOD CURIA CONCORDAVIT
    To which the court agreed. Yearb. P. 20 Hen. VI. 27
  • AD QUOD DAMNUM
    The name of a writ formerly issuing from the English chancery, commanding the sheriff to make inquiry "to what damage" a specified act if done, will tend. Ad quod damnum is a writ which ought to be sued before the king grants certain liberties, as a fair, market or such More...
  • AD QUOD NON FUIT RESPONSUM
    To which there was no answer. A phrase used in the reports, where a point advanced in argument by one party was not denied by the other; or where a point or argument of counsel was not met or noticed by the court: or where an objection was met by More...
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