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  • ANGLESCHERIA
    In old English law. Englishery; the fact of being an Englishman. Anglise jura in omni casu libertatis dant favorem. The laws of England in every case of liberty are favorable, (favor liberty in all cases.) Fortes, c. 42.
  • ANGLICE
    In English. A term formerly used in pleading when a thing is described both in Latin and English, inserted immediately after the Latin and as an introduction of the English translation.
  • ANGLO-INDIAN
    An Englishman domiciled in the Indian territory of the British crown.
  • ANGUISH
    Great or extreme pain, agony, or distress, either of body or mind; but, as used in law, particularly mental suffering or distress of great intensity. Cook v. Railway Co., 19 Mo. App. 334.
  • ANGYLDE
    In Saxon law. The rate fixed by law at which certain injuries to, person or property were to be paid for; in injuries to the person, it seems to be equivalent to the "were," i. e., the price at which every man was valued. It seems also to have been More...
  • ANHLOTE
    In old English law. A single tribute or tax, paid according to the custom of the country as scot and lot.
  • ANIENS, OR ANIENT
    Null, void, of no force or effect Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 214.
  • ANIMAL
    Any animate being which is endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In the language of the law the term includes all living creatures not human. Domitae are those which have been tamed by man; domestic. Ferae naturae are those which still retain their wild nature. Mansuetae naturae are those More...
  • ANIMO
    Lat. With intention, disposition, design, will. Quo animo, with what intention. Animo cancellandi, with intention to cancel. 1 Pow. Dev. 603. Furandi, with intention to steal. 4 Bl. Comm. 230; 1 Kent Comm. 183. Lucrandi, with intention to gain or profit. 3 Kent, Comm. 357. Manendi, with intention to remain. More...
  • ANIMO ET CORPORE
    By the mind, and by the body; by the intention and by the physical act. Dig. 50, 17, 153; Id. 41, 2 3, 1; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5, 5| 9, 10.
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