To take to one’s use or profit. Cowell.
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APPULSUS
In the civil law . A driving to, as of cattle to water. Dig. 8, 3, 1, 1.
APPURTENANCE
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; something annexed to another thing more worthy as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of […]
APPURTENANCE LIEN
When a new owner can take possession of anything on the land they purchased. This occurs when responsibility is not taken as the contract states.
APPURTENANT
Belonging to ; accessory or incident to; adjunct, appended, or annexed to; answering to acccssorium in the civil law . 2 Steph. Comm. 30 note. A thing is deemed to […]
APPURTENANT STRUCTURE
An additional structure on an insured piece of land.
APPURTENANT STRUCTURES INSURANCE
Insurance for any additional property that is on the policy. It covers 10% of the covered item.
APROVECHAMIENTO
In Spanish law. Approvement , or improvement and enjoyment of public lands. As applied to pueblo lands, it has particular reference to the commons, and includes not only the actual […]
APT TIME
Apt time sometimes depends upon lapse of time; as, where a thing is required to be done at the first term, or within a given time, it cannot be done […]
APT WORDS
Words proper to produce the legal effect for which they are intended ; sound technical phrases.
APTA VIRO
Fit for a husband; marriageable ; a woman who has reached marriageable years.
APTITUDE
Having an ability to learn new skills. Interest in being taught or trained is important.
APTITUDE TEST
A test given to employees to assess abilities and potential.
APUD ACTA
Among the acts; among the recorded proceedings . In the civil law , this phrase is applied to appeals taken orally, in the presence of the judge, at the time […]
AQILE IMMITTEND
In criminal law . An accomplice in crime who accuses others of the same offense , and is admitted as a witness at the discretion of the court to give […]
AQNA CURRIT ET DEBET CURRERE, UT CUR- RERE SOLEBAT
Water runs, and ought to run, as it has used to run. 3 Bulst. 339; 3 Kent, Comm. 439. A running stream should be left to flow in its natural […]
AQU
In the civil law . A servitude which consists in the right to carry water by means of pipes or conduits over or through the estate of another. Dig. 8, […]
AQUA
In the civil and old English law. Water; sometimes a stream or water-course .
AQUA CEDIT SOLO
Water follows the land. A sale of land will pass the water which covers it. 2 Bl. Comm. 18; Co. Litt. 4.
AQUA CURRENS
Running water.
AQUA DULCIS, OR FRISCA
Fresh water . Reg. Orig. 97; Bract, fols. 117, 135.
AQUA FONTANEA
Spring water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27,
AQUA PROFLUENS
Flowing or running water. Dig. 1, 8, 2.
AQUA QNOTIDIANA
In Roman law. Daily water; water that might be drawn at all times of the year, (qua quis ‘ quotidic possit uti. si vcllet.) Dig. 43, 20, 1
AQUA SALSA
Salt water