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BAIL, practice, contracts. By bail is understood sureties, given according to law, to insure the appearance of a party in court. The persons who becom...

BACHELOR. The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Baccalaureus, fro...

AWAIT, crim. law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.AWARD. The judgment of an arbitrator or arbitrators on a mat...

AVOIDANCE, eccl. law. It is when a benefice becomes vacant for want of an incumbent; and, in this sense, it is opposed to plenarty. Avoidances are in ...

AVALUM. By this word is understood the written engagement of a third person to guaranty and to become security that a bill of exchange shall be paid w...

AUTHORITY, government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands. A jud...

AUTHENTICS, civ. law. This is the name given to a collection of the Novels of Justinian, made by an anonymous author. It is called authentic on accoun...

AUTRE ACTION PENDANT. A plea that another action is pending for the same cause.2. It is evident that a plaintiff cannot have two actions at the same t...

AUCTOR. Among the Romans the seller was called auctor; and public, sales were made by fixing a spear in the forum, and a person who acted as crier sto...

ATTORNMENT, estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of the seignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant for ...