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  • ADVERTISEMENT
    Notice given in a manner designed to attract public attention; information communicated to the public, or to an Individual concerned, by means of handbills or the newspaper. Montford v. Allen, 111 Ga. 1& 36 S. E. 305; Haffner Barnard, 123 Ind. 429, 24 N. E. 152; Coni. v. Johnson, 3 More...
  • ADVERTISEMENTS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
    Certain articles or ordinances drawn up by Archbishop Parker and some of the bishops In 1564, at the request of Queen Elizabeth, the object of which was to enforce decency and uniformity in the ritual of the church. The queen subsequently refused to give her official sanction to these advertisements, More...
  • ADVICE
    View; opinion; the counsel given by lawyers to their clients; an opinion expressed as to wisdom of future conduct. The instruction usually given by one merchant or banker to another by letter, informing him of shipments made to him, or of bills or drafts drawn on him, with particulars of More...
  • ADVISARE, ADVISARI
    Lat. To consult, deliberate, consider, advise; to be advised. Occurring in the phrase curia advisari vult, (usually abbreviated cur. adv. vult, or C. A. V.,) the court wishes to be advised, or to consider of the matter.
  • ADVISE
    To give an opinion or counsel, or recommend a plan or course of action; also to give notice. Long v. State, 23 Neb. 33, 36 N. W. 310. This term is not synonymous with "direct" or "instruct." Where a statute authorizes the trial court to advise the jury to acquit, More...
  • ADVISED
    Prepared to give judgment, after examination and deliberation. "The court took time to be advised." X Leon. 187.
  • ADVISEMENT
    Deliberation, consideration, consultation; the consultation of a court, after the argument of a cause by counsel, and before delivering their opinion. Clark v. Read, 5 N. J. Law, 486.
  • ADVISORY
    Counselling, suggesting, or advising, but not imperative. A verdict on an issue out of chancery is advisory. Watt v. Starke, 101 U. S. 252, 25 L. Ed. §26.
  • ADVOCARE
    Lat. To defend; to call to one's aid; to vouch; to warrant.
  • ADVOCASSIE
    L. Fr. The office of an advocate: advocacy. Kelham.
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