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  • AD COMPOTUM REDDENDUM
    To render an account St Westm. 2, c 11.
  • AD CURIAM
    At a court 1 Salk. 195. To court. Ad curiam vocare, to summon to court
  • AD CUSTAGIA
    At the costs. Toullier; Cowell; Whishaw.
  • AD CUSTUM
    At the cost. 1 Bl. Comm. 814.
  • AD DAMNUM
    In pleading. "To the damage." The technical name of that clause of the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiffs money loss, or the damages which he claims. Cole v. Hayes, 78 Me. 539, 7 Atl. 391; Vincent r. Life Ass'n, 75 Conn. 650, 55 Atl. 177.
  • AD DEFENDENDUM
    To defend. 1 BL Comm. 227.
  • AD DIEM
    At a day; at the day. Townsh. PI. 23. Ad certum diem, at a certain day. 2 Strange, 747. Solvit ad diem; he paid at or on the day. 1 Chit PI. 485. Ad ea quse frequentius accidunt jura adaptaatur. Laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur. More...
  • AD EFFECTUM
    To the effect, or end. Co. Litt 204a; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 802, § 2143. Ad effectum sequentem, to the effect following. 2 Salk. 417.
  • AD EXCAMBIUM
    For exchange; for compensation. Bract, fol. 12b, 37b.
  • AD EXHAEREDATIONEM
    To the disherison, or disinheriting; to the injury of the inheritance. Bract, fol. 15a; 3 Bl. Comm. 288. Formal words in the old writs of waste.
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