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  • ATTORNMENT
    In feudal and old English law. A turning over or transfer by a lord of the services of his tenant to the grantee of his seigniory. Attornment is the act of a person who holds a leasehold interest in land, or estate for life or years, by which he agrees More...
  • AU BESOIN
    In case of need. A French phrase sometimes incorporated In a bill of exchange, pointing out some person from whom payment may be sought in case the drawee fails or refuses to pay the bill. Story, Bills, i 65.
  • AUBAINE
    See DROIT D'AUBAINE.
  • AUCTION
    A public sale of land or goods, at pubilc outcry, to the highest bidder. Russell v. Miner, 61 Barb. (N. Y.) 539; Hlbler v. Hoag, 1 Watts & S. (Pa.) 553; Crandall v. State, 28 Ohio St 481. A sale by auction is a sale by public outcry to the More...
  • AUCTIONARIAE
    Catalogues of goods for public sale or auction.
  • AUCTIONARIUS
    One who bought and sold again at an increased price; an auctioneer. Spelman.
  • AUCTIONEER
    A person authorized or licensed by law to sell lands or goods of other persons at public auction; one who sells at auction. Crandall v. State, 28 Ohio St. 481; Williams v. Millington, 1 H. Bl. 83; Russell T. Miner, 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 539. Auctioneers differ from brokers, in More...
  • AUCTOR
    In the Roman law. An auctioneer. In the civil law. A grantor or vendor of any kind. In old French law. A plaintiff. Kelham.
  • AUCTORITAS
    In the civil law. Authority. In old European law. A diploma, or royal charter. A word frequently used by Gregory of Tours and later writers. Spelman. Auctoritates philosophorum, medicorum, et poetarum, sunt in causia aliogandes et tenendae. The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received More...
  • AUDIENCE
    In international law. A hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who comes to him duly accredited; and, after the recall of a minister, an "audience of leave" ordinarily is accorded to him.
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