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  • AUMIL
    In Indian law. Agent; officer; native collector of revenue; superintendent of a district or division of a country, either of the part of the government zemindar or renter.
  • AUMILDAR
    In Indian law. Agent; the holder of an office; an intendant and collector of the revenue, uniting civil, military, and financial powers under the Mohammedan government.
  • AUMONE, SERVICE IN
    Where lands are given in alms to some church or religious house, upon condition that a service or prayers shall be offered at certain times for the repose of the donor's soul. Britt. 164.
  • AUNCEL WEIGHT
    In English law. An ancient mode of weighing, described by Cowell as "a klud of weight with scales hanging, or hooks fastened to each end of a staff, which a man, lifting up upon his forefinger or hand, discerneth the quality or difference between the weight and the thing weighed."
  • AUNT
    The sister of one's father or mother, and a relation in the third degree, correlative to niece or nephew.
  • AURA EPILEPTICA
    In medical jurisprudence. A term used to designate the sensation of a cold vapor frequently experienced by epileptics before the loss of consciousness occurs in an epileptic fit. Aurentz v. Anderson, 3 Pittsb. R. (Pa.) 311.
  • AURES
    A Saxon punishment by cutting off the ears, inflicted on those who robbed churches, or were guilty of any other theft.
  • AURUM REGINAE
    Queen's gold. A royal revenue belonging to every queen consort during her marriage with the king.
  • AUTER
    Autre. L. Fr. Another; other. —Auter action pendant. In pleading. Another action pending. A species of plea in abatement. 1 Chit. PI. 454.—Auter droit. In right of another, e. g., a trustee holds trust property in right of his cestui que trust. A prochein amy sues in right of an More...
  • AUTHENTIC
    Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duly vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Downing v. Brown, 3 Colo. 590.
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