At the cost. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

In pleading. “To the damage.” The technical name of that clause of the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiff’s money loss, or the damages which he […]

Latin. The clause in a plaintiff’s suit that states the amount of damages that are being claimed.

To defend. 1 Bl. Comm. 227.

At a day; at the day. Townsh. Pi. 23. Ad certum diem, at a certain day. 2 Strange, 747. Solvit ad diem; lie paid at or on the day. 1 […]

Laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur. 2 Inst. 137; Broom, Max. 43. Laws are adapted to cases which frequently occur. A statute, which, construed according to […]

To the effect, or end. Co. Litt. 204a; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 802,

For exchange; for compensation . Bract, fol. 126, 376.

To the disherison, or disinheriting; to the injury of the inheritance . Bract, fol. 15a; 3 Bl. Comm. 288. Formal words in the old writs of waste.

At issue; at the end (of the pleadings.) Steph. PI. 24.

To do. Co. Litt. 204a. Ad faciendum , subjiciendum et recipiendum; to do, submit to, and receive. Ad faciendum juratamillam; to make up that jury. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65,

In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this kind cannot claim the benefit of […]

To fee farm. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50,

In allegiance. 2 Kent, Comm. 50. Subjects born ad fidem are those born in allegiance.

TO the thread of the water; to the central line, or middle of the stream. Usque ad fllurn aquas, as far as the thread of the stream. Bract, fol. 20S6; […]

TO the middle of the way; to the central line of the road. Parker v. Inhabitants of Framingham, 8 Mete. (Mass.) 260.

Abbreviated ad fin. To the end. It is used in citations to books, as a direction to read from the place designated to the end of the chapter, section, etc. […]

To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent. Ad fir- mam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in amount to the estimated cost of entertaining the king […]

To deliver the gaols; to empty the gaols. Bract, fol. 1096. Ad gaolam deliberandum; to deliver the gaol; to make gaol delivery . Bract, fol. 1106.

To the grievance, in- Jury. or oppression . Fleta. lib. 2, c. 47,

For this; for this special purpose. An attorney ad hoc , or a guardian or curator ad hoc , is one appointed for a special purpose, generally to represent the […]

A committee that is created to supervise a task. This is the most common committee type.

To the person. A term used in logic with reference to a personal argument.

At this day. 1 Leon. 90.

To the same point, or effect. Ad idem facit, It makes to or goes to establish the same point. Bract, fol. 27b.