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  • AVULSION
    The removal of a considerable quantity of soil from the land of one man, and its deposit upon or annexation to the land of another, suddenly and by the perceptible action of water. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 452. The property of the part thus separated continues in the original proprietor, More...
  • AVUNCULUS
    In the civil law. A mother's brother. 2 Bl. Comm. 230. Avunculus magnus, a great-uncle. Avunculus major, a great-grandmother's brother. Avunculus maximus, a great-great-grandmother's brother. See Dig. 38, 10, 10; Inst. 3, 6, 2.
  • AVUS
    In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6. 1.
  • AWAIT
    A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying.
  • AWARD
    v. To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166).
  • AWARD
    n. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decision. Halnon v. Halnon, 55 Vt 321; Henderson v. Beaton, 52 Tex. 43; Peters v. Peirce, 8 Mass. 398; Benjamin v. More...
  • AWAY-GOING CROP
    A crop sown before the expiration of a tenancy, which cannot ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Max. 412.
  • AWM
    In old English statutes. A measure of wine, or vessel containing forty gallons.
  • AXIOM
    In logic. A self-evident truth; an indisputable truth.
  • AYANT CAUSE
    In French law. This term signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like; an assignee. An ayant cause differs from an heir who acquires the right by inheritance. 8 Toullier, n. 245. The term is used in Louisiana.
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