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  • AFFRAY
    In criminal law. The fighting of two or more persons in some public place to the terror of the people. Burton r. Com., 60 S. W. 526, 22 Ky. Law Rep. 1315: Thompson v. State, 70 Ala. 26; State v. Allen, 11 N. C. 356. It differs from a riot More...
  • AFFRECTAMENTUM
    Affreightment; a contract for the hiTe of a vessel. From the Fr. fret, which, according to Cowell, meant tons or tonnage.
  • AFFREIGHTMENT
    A contract of affreightment is a contract with a ship-owner to hire his ship, or part of it, for the carriage of goods. Such a contract generally takes the form either of a charter-party or of a bill of lading. Maude & P. Mer. Shipp. 227; Smith, Merc. Law, 205; More...
  • AFFRETEMENT
    Fr. In French law. The hiring of a vessel; affreightment. Called also nolissement. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit 2, art. 2; Id. liv. 3, tit 1, art 1.
  • AFFRI
    In old English law. Plow cattle, bullocks or plow horses. Affri, or afri carucea; beasts of the plow. Spelman.
  • AFORESAID
    Before, or already said, mentioned, or recited; premised. Plowd 67. Foresaid is used in Scotch law. Although the words "preceding" and "aforesaid" generally mean next before, and "following" means next after, yet a different signification will be given to them if required by the context and the facts of the More...
  • AFORETHOUGHT
    In criminal law. Deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. State v. Peo, 9 Houst. (Del.) 488, 33 Atl. 257; Edwards v. State, 25 Ark. 444; People v. Ah Choy, 1 Idaho, 317; State v. Fiske, 63 Conn. 388, 28 Atl. 572.
  • AFTER
    Later, succeeding, subsequent to, inferior in point of time or of priority or preference. —After-acquired. Acquired after a particular date or event. Thus, a judgment is a lien on after-acquired realty, i. e., land acquired by the debtor after entry of the judgment Hughes v. Hughes, 152 Pa, 590, 26 More...
  • AFTERMATH
    A second crop of grass mown in the same season; also the right to take such second crop. See 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 181.
  • AFTERNOON
    This word has two senses. It may mean the whole time from noon to midnight; or it may mean the earlier part of that time, as distinguished from the evening. When used in a statute its meaning must be determined by the context and the circumstances of the subject-matter. Reg. More...
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