Thereunto. Ad inde rcqui- situs, thereunto required. Townsh. PI. 22.
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AD INFINITUM
Without limit; to an infinite extent; indefinitely.
AD INQUIRENDUM
To inquire; a writ of inquiry ; a judicial writ, commanding inquiry to be made of any thing relating to a cause pending in court. Cowell.
AD INSTANTIAM
At the instance. 2 Mod. 44. Ad instantiam partis, at the instance of a party. Hale, Com. Law, 28.
AD INTERIM
In the mean time. An officer ad interim is one appointed to fill a temporary vacancy, or to discharge the duties of the office during the absence or temporary incapacity […]
AD JUDICIUM
To judgment; to court. Ad judicium provocare; to summon to court; to commence an action; a term of the Roman law. Dig. 5, 1, 13, 14.
AD JUNGENDUM AUXILIUM
To joining in aid; to join in aid. See AID PRAYER.
AD JURA REGIS
To the rights of the king; a writ which was brought by the king’s clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavored to eject him, to the prejudice of […]
AD LARGUM
At large; at liberty; free, or unconfined. Ire ad largutn, to go at large. Plowd. 37. At large; giving details, or particulars ; in extenso. A special verdict was formerly […]
AD LITEM
For the suit; for the purposes of the suit; pending the suit. A guardian ad litem is a guardian appointed to prosecute or defend a suit on behalf of a […]
AD LUCRANDUM VEL PERDEN- DUM
For gain or loss. Emphatic words in the old warrants of attorney. Reg. Orig. 21, et seq. Sometimes expressed in English, “to lose and gain.” Plowd. 201.
AD MAJOREM CAUTELAM
For greater security. 2 How. State Tr. 1182.
AD MANUM
At hand; ready for use. Et querens sectam halicat ad manum; and the plaintiff immediately have his suit ready. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 44,
AD MEDIUM FILUM AQUIE
To the middle thread of the stream.
AD MEDIUM FILUM VI
To the middle thread of the way.
AD MELIUS INQUIRENDUM
A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See 45 Law J. Q. B. 711.
AD MORDENDUM ASSUETUS
Accustomed to bite. Cro. Car. 254. A material D averment in declarations for damage done by a dog to persons or animals. 1 Chit. Pi. 388; 2 Chit. PI. 597.
AD NOCUMENTUM
To the nuisance, _ or annoyance. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52,
AD OFFICINM JNSTICIARIORNM SPECTAT, N UNICUIQUE CORAM EIS PLACITANTI JUSTITIAM ” EXHIBERE
It is the duty of justices to administer justice to every one pleading before them. 2 Inst. 451.
AD OSTENDENDUM
To show. Form-
AD OSTIUM ECCLESI2E
At the door of the church. One of the five species of dower formerly recognized by the English law. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 149; 2 Bl. Comm. 132.
AD PAGES SOLD
The page views on an ad that a firm has sold to an advertiser. AKA the sell through rate.
AD PIOS USUS
Lat. For pious (religious or charitable) uses or purposes. r Used with reference to gifts and bequests. U
AD PROXIMNM ANTECEDENS FIAT RELA- TIO NISI IMPEDIATNR SENTENTIA
Relative words refer to the nearest antecedent, unless it be prevented by the context. Jenk. Cent. U 180.
AD QUEM
To which. A term used in | the computation of time or distance, as correlative to a quo; denotes the end or terminal point. See A Quo.