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ATPATRUUS
The brother of a greatgrandfather’s grandfather .
ATRAVESADOS
In maritime law . A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles, or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position of a vessel which is “lying to.” The Hugo […]
ATRIUM
1. a space that is open. Commonly it has a pool or fountian and a glass roof. 2. a patio that shares doors with a room. It could also be […]
ATROCIOUS ASSAULT
the term used to describe an attack that is characterised by cruelty and brutality.
ATTACH
To take or apprehend by commandment of a writ or precept Buckeye Pipe- Line Co. v. Fee, 62 Ohio St 543, 57 N. E. 446, 78 Am. St Rep. 743. […]
ATTACHE
A person attached to the Buite of an ambassador or to a foreign legation.
ATTACHED
A housing unit that shares a wall with another unit. It is commonly a multifamily dwelling or consists of multiple units.
ATTACHIAMENTA
L. Lat. Attachment
ATTACHIAMENTA BONOROM
A distress formerly taken upon goods and chattels , by the legal attachiators or bailiffs, as security to answer an action for personal estate or debt.
ATTACHIAMENTA DE GPINIS ET BOSCIS
A privilege granted to the officers of a forest to take to their own use thorns, brush, and windfalls, within their precincts. Kenn. Par. Antiq. 209.
ATTACHIAMENTA DE PLACITUS CORONAE
Attachment of pleas of the crown. Jewison v. Dyson, 9 Mees. & W. 544.
ATTACHING CREDITOR
One who has caused an attachment to be issued and levied on property of his debtor.
ATTACHMENT
The act or process of taking, apprehending, or seizing persons or property, by virtue of a writ, summons, or other judicial order , and bringing the same into the custody […]
ATTACHMENT EXECUTION
A name given In some states to a process of garnishment for the satisfaction of a judgment. As to the judgment debtor it is an execution; but as to the […]
ATTACHMENT OF PRIVILEGE
In English law . A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has […]
ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY
when the court takes the property and will hold it during the course of the trial. The property is security should the case be decided against the defendant.
ATTACHMENT OF RISK
When the buyer accepts risk of loss of a purchased item.
ATTACHMENT OF THE FOREST
One of the three courts formerly held in forests. The highest court was called ^justice in eyre’s seat;” the middle, the “swainmote;” and the lowest, the “attachment.” Manwood, 90, 99.
ATTACHMENT POINT
A claim amount that goes beyone covered in insurance. More coverage is bought in this instance. Refer to excess insurance .
ATTACK
1. to make good on a threat. Refer to aggression and assault. 2. when a hacker gets into your computer to damage it. Refer to active attack .
ATTAINDER
That extinction of civil rights and capacities which takes place whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Comm. 408; […]
ATTAINED AGE
1. the age of insured parties based on last years policy. 2. the age benefits are to be recieved.
ATTAINT
In old English practice. A writ which lay to inquire whether a jury of twelve men had given a false verdict , in order that the judgment might be reversed. […]
ATTAINT D’UNE CAUSE
In French law . The gain of a suit.