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  • AD RATIONEM PONERE
    A technical expression in the old records of the Exchequer, signifying, to put to the bar and interrogate as to a charge made; to arraign on a trial.
  • AD RECOGNOSGENDUM
    To recognize. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, s 12. Formal words in old writs. Ad recte docendum oportet, primum inquirere nomina quia rerun cognitio a nominibus renun dependet. In order rightly to comprehend a thing, inquire first into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names. More...
  • AD REPARATIONEM ET SUSTENTATIONEM
    For repairing and keeping in suitable condition.
  • AD RESPONDENDUM
    For answering; to make answer; words used in certain writs employed for bringing a person before the court to make answer in defense in a proceeding. Thus there is a capias ad respondendum, q. v.; also a habeas corpus ad respondendum.
  • AD SATISFACIENDUM
    To satisfy. The emphatic words of the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, which requires the sheriff to take the person of the defendant to satisfy the plaintiff's claim.
  • AD SECTAM
    At the suit of. Commonly abbreviated to ads. Used in entering and indexing the names of cases, where it is desired that the name of the defendant should come first. Thus. "B. ads. A." indicates that B. is defendant in an action brought by A., and the title so written More...
  • AD STUDENDUM ET ORANDUM
    For studying and praying; for the promotion of learning and religion. A phrase applied to colleges and universities. 1 Bl. Comm. 467; T. Raym. 101.
  • AD TERMINUM ANNORUM
    For a term of years.
  • AD TERMINUM QUI PRETERIT
    For a term which has passed. Words in the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law to recover, on behalf of a landlord, possession of premises, from a tenant holding over after the expiration of the term for which they were demised. See Fitzh. Nat Brev. More...
  • AD TUNC ET IBIDEM
    In pleading. The Latin name of that clause of an indictment containing the statement of the subject-matter "then and there being found."
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