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  • AISIAMENTUM
    In old English law. An easement. Spelman.
  • AISNE OR EIGNE
    In old English law, the eldest or first born.
  • ADJOURNMENT
    In French law. The document pursuant to which an action or suit is commenced, equivalent to the writ of summons in England. Actions, however, are in some cases commenced by requete or petition. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 545.
  • AJUAR
    In Spanish law. Paraphernalia. The jewels and furniture which a wife brings in marriage.
  • AJUTAGE
    A tube, conical In form, intended to be applied to an aperture through which water passes, whereby the flow of the water is greatly increased. See Schuylkill Nav. Co. v. Moore, 2 Whart (Pa.) 477.
  • AKIN
    In old English law. Of kin. "Next-a-kin." 7 Mod. 140.
  • AL
    L. Fr. At the; to the. Al barre; at the bar. Al huis d'esglise; at the church-door.
  • ALAE ECCLESIAE
    The wings or side aisles of a church. Blount.
  • ALANERARIUS
    A manager and keeper of dogs for the sport of hawking; from elanus, a dog known to the ancients. A falconer. Blount.
  • ALARM LIST
    The list of persons liable to military watches, who were at the same time exempt from trainings and musters. See Prov. Laws 1775-76, c. 10, ft 18; Const Mass. c. 11, 11, art 10; Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1287.
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