The summit or highest point of anything; the top; e. g., in mining law, “apex of a vein.” See Larkin v. Upton, 144 U. S. 19, 12 Sup. Ct 614, […]

It stands for advance purchase excursion fare . Its plane faire with a discount because it was bought 21 days before, the departures are less than 6 weeks apart, and […]

The summit of the law; a legal subtlety; a nice or cunning point of law ; close technicality; a rule of law carried to an extreme point, either of severity […]

In mining law. The mineral laws of the United States give to the locator of a mining claim on the public domain the whole of every vein the apex of […]

In medical jurisprudence . Loss of the faculty or power of articulate speech; a condition in which the patient while retaining intelligence and understanding and with the organs of speech […]

Its the scale used to show the lightness or heaviness of a crude product. Liquid hydrocarbons are also measured on this scale.

Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation . Nearly equivalent to the modern phrase ” sharp practice .” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices […]

A business index that is surveyed monthly to determine expansion or contradiction on the index.

1. The end of the world. 2. a huge catastrophic event. 3. relating to the biblical end of times.

Lat. In the civil law . A writing acknowledging payments; acquittance . It differs from acceptilation in this: that acceptilation imports a complete discharge of the former obligation whether payment […]

In old commercial law . Bills of lading.

In ecclesiastical law . One who answers for another. An officer whose duty was to carry to the emperor messages relating to ecclesiastical matters, and to take back his answer […]

In the civil law . An officer who took charge of the royal seal and signed royal dispatches.

A civil law term signifying an inventory or enumeration of things in one’s possession. Calvin,

A public plea for forgiveness to undo some damage. A payment or offer can also make ammend by publishing correct information and renouncing previous claims.

In medical jurisprudence . The failure of consciousness and suspension of voluntary motion from suspension of the functions of the cerebrum.

In English law . The total renunciation of Christianity , by embracing either a false religion or no religion at all. This offense can only take place in such as […]

In civil and old English law. An apostate; a deserter from the faith; one who has renounced the Christian faith. Cod. 1, 7; Reg. Orig. 716.

An obsolete English writ which issued against an apostate, or one who had violated the rules of his religious order. It was addressed to the sheriff, and commanded him to […]

Any international document that requires additional authentication . It can be anything from a school record to an adoption paper. It was done to reduce the amount of time taken […]

L Fr. An addition; a marginal note or observation. Kelham.

In English admiralty practice. A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting brief dismissory letters granted to a party who appeals from an inferior to a superior court , embodying […]

In the civil law . Certificates of the inferior judge from whom a cause is removed, directed to the superior. Dig. 49, 6. See APOSTLES.

A messenger; an ambassador, legate, or nuncio. Spelman.

In the civil law . A repository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, books, etc. Calvin.