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  • ANNUA PENSIONE
    An ancient writ to provide the king's chaplain, if he had no preferment, with a pension. Reg. Orig. 165, 307.
  • ANNUAL
    Occurring or recurring once in each year; continuing for the period of a year; accruing within the space of a year: relating to or covering the events or affairs of a year. State v. McCulloughv 3 Nev. 224. —Annual assay. An annual trial of the gold and silver coins of More...
  • ANNUALLY
    The meaning of this term, as applied to interest, is not an undertaking to pay interest at the end of one year only, but to pay interest at the end of each and every year during a period of time, either fixed or contingent. Sparhawk v. Wills, 6 Gray (Mass.) More...
  • ANNUITANT
    The recipient of an annuity; one who is entitled to an annuity.
  • ANNUITIES OF TIENDS
    In Scotch law. Annuities of tithes; 10s. out of the boll of tiend wheat, 8s. out of the boll of beer, less out of the boll of rye, oats, and peas, allowed to the crown yearly of the tiends not paid to the bishops, or set apart for other pious More...
  • ANNUITY
    A yearly sum stipulated to be paid to another in fee, or for life, or years, and chargeable only on the person of the grantor. Co. Litt. 144b. An annuity is different from a rent-charge, with which it is sometimes confounded, the annuity being chargeable on the person merely, and More...
  • ANNUITY-TAX
    An impost levied annually in Scotland for the maintenance of the ministers of religion.
  • ANNUL
    To cancel; make void; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either ab initio or prospectively as to future transactions. Wait v. Walt 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 205; Woodson v. Skinner, 22 Mo. 24; In re Morrow s Estate, 204 More...
  • ANNULUS
    Lat. In old English law. A ring; the ring of a door. Per haspum vel annulum hostii exterioris; by the hasp or ring of the outer door. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, I 5.
  • ANNULUS ET BACULUS
    (Lat. ring and staff.) The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et baculum, by the prince's delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier. 1 Bl. Comm. 378; Spelman.
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