Legal Term Dictionary

A Norman French term signifying "grandfather." It is also spelled "aieul" and "ayle" Kelham. Aequior est dispositio legis quant hominis. The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Coke, 152.

A Norman French term signifying "grandfather." It is also spelled "aieul" and "ayle" Kelham. Aequior est dispositio legis quant hominis. The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Coke, 152. Less...

In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called aequum, aequum bonum, aequum et bonum, aequum et justum. Calvin. Aequitaa agit in personam. Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733. Aequltas est oorreetio legis generaliter Isvtst, qua parte deficit. Equity More...

In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called aequum, aequum bonum, aequum et bonum, aequum et justum. Calvin. Aequitaa agit in personam. Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733. Aequltas est oorreetio legis generaliter Isvtst, qua parte deficit. Equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generality, is deficient Plowd. 375. Aequitaa est oorreetio qusedam leg! ad-feibita, quia ab ea abest aliquid propter Sieaeralem sine exceptions comprehen-aionem. Equity is a certain correction applied to law, because on account of its general comprehensiveness, without an exception, something is absent from it. Plowd. 467. Aequitas est perfeeta qusedam ratio quae jus seriptum interpretatur et emen-dat; nulla seriptnra eomprehensa, sed solum in vera rations oonsistens. Equity is a certain perfect reason, which interprets and amends the written law, comprehended in no writing, but consisting in right reason alone. Co. Litt. 24b. Aequitas est quasi sequalitas. Equity is as it were equality; equity is a species of equality or equalization. Co. Litt. 24. Aequitas ignorantiae opitulatur, osel-tantias non item. Equity assists ignorance, but not carelessness. Aequitaa non faoit jus, sed juri auxiliatur. Equity does not make law, but assists law. Lofft, 379. Aeqnitas nunquam eontravenit leges. Equity never counteracts the laws. Aeqnitas loquitur legem. Equity follows the law. Gilb. 186. Aeqnitas supervaeua odit. Equity abhors superfluous things. Lofft, 282. Aequitas uxoribus, liberis, creditorlbus maxime favet. Equity favors wives and children, creditors most of all. Aequnm et bonum est lex legum. What is equitable and good is the law of laws. Hob. 224. Less...

Lat. Equal; even. A provision in a will for the division of the residuary estate ex aequus among the legatees means equally or evenly. Archer v. Morris, 61 N. J. Eq. 152, 47 Atl. 275.

Lat. Equal; even. A provision in a will for the division of the residuary estate ex aequus among the legatees means equally or evenly. Archer v. Morris, 61 N. J. Eq. 152, 47 Atl. 275. Less...

A fixed point of chronological time, whence any number of years is counted; thus, the Christian era began at the birth of Christ, and the Mohammedan era at the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina. The derivation of the word has been much contested. Wharton.

A fixed point of chronological time, whence any number of years is counted; thus, the Christian era began at the birth of Christ, and the Mohammedan era at the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina. The derivation of the word has been much contested. Wharton. Less...

Lat. In the Roman law. The treasury, (fiscus.) Calvin

Lat. In the Roman law. The treasury, (fiscus.) Calvin Less...

Lat. In the Roman law. Money, (literally, brass;) metallic money in general, including gold. Dig. 9, 2, 2, pr.; Id, 9, 2, 27, 5; Id. 50, 16, 159. —Aes alienum. A civil law term signifying a debt; the property of another; borrowed money, as distinguished from aes suum, one's own More...

Lat. In the Roman law. Money, (literally, brass;) metallic money in general, including gold. Dig. 9, 2, 2, pr.; Id, 9, 2, 27, 5; Id. 50, 16, 159. —Aes alienum. A civil law term signifying a debt; the property of another; borrowed money, as distinguished from aes suum, one's own money.—Aes suum. One's own money. In the Roman law. Debt; a debt; that which others owe to us, (quod alii nobis debent.) Dig. 50, 16, 213. Less...

In old English law. Esnecy; the right or privilege of the eldest born. Spelman; Glanv. lib. 7, c. 3; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 66, §f 5, 6.

In old English law. Esnecy; the right or privilege of the eldest born. Spelman; Glanv. lib. 7, c. 3; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 66, §f 5, 6. Less...

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting that of the king himself, was estimated at a certain price, which was called the were, or aestimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. More...

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting that of the king himself, was estimated at a certain price, which was called the were, or aestimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. Law, c. 4. Aestimatio prseteriti delicti ex postreao facto nunqnam oreseit. The weight of a past offense is never increased by a subsequent fact. Bacon. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Age. —Aetas infantiae proxima. The age next to infancy; the first half of the period of childhood, (pueritia,) extending from seven years to ten and a half. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22. —Aetas legitima. Lawful age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 3, More...

Lat. In the civil law. Age. —Aetas infantiae proxima. The age next to infancy; the first half of the period of childhood, (pueritia,) extending from seven years to ten and a half. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22. —Aetas legitima. Lawful age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 3, 5, 27, pr.: Id. 26, 2. 32. 2; Id. 27, 7, 1, pr.—Aetas perfecta. Complete age; full age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 4, 4, 32; Id. 22, 3, 25, 1.—Aetas prima. The first age; infancy, (infantia.) Cod. 6, 61, 8, 3. —Aetas pubertati proxima. The age next to puberty; the last half of the period of childhood, (pueritia.) extending from ten years and a half to fourteen. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22. Less...

A writ which inquired whether the king's tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused.

A writ which inquired whether the king's tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused. Less...