Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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Judgment, on account of some matter of de fense or discharge, arising since its rendition, and which could not be taken advantage of otherwise. See 1 Anier. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1003; Bac. Abr. sub voee; 3 Bl. Coram. 405. AUDITOR. A public officer whose func tion is to examine and pass upon the accounts and vouchers of officers who have received and expended public money by lawful au thority. In practice. An officer (or officers) of the court, assigned to state the items of debit and credit between the parties in a suit where accounts are in question, and exhibit the bal ance. 1 Mete. (Mass.) 218. In English law. An officer or agent of the crown, or of a private individual, or cor poration, who examines periodically the ac counts of under officers, tenants, stewards, or bailiffs, and reports the state of their ac counts to his principal. AUDITOR OF THE RECEIPTS. An officer of the English exchequer. 4 Inst. 107. AUDITORS OF THE IMPREST. Of ficers in the English exchequer, who former ly had the charge of auditing the accounts of the customs, naval and military expenses, etc., now performed by the commissioners for auditing public accounts. AUGMENTATION. The increase of the crown's revenues from the suppression of religious houses and the appropriation ol their lands and revenues. Also the name of a court (now abolished) erected 27 Hen.VIII., to determine suits and controversies relating to monasteries and ab bey-lands. Augusta legibus soluta non est. The empress or queen is not privileged or ex empted from subjection to the laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 219; Dig. 1, 3, 31. AULA. In old English law. A hall, or court; the court of a baron, or manor; a court baron. Spelman. AULA ECCLESIffi. A nave or body of a church where temporal courts were an ciently held. AULA REGIS. The chief court ofEng land in early Norman times. It was estab lished by William the Conqueror in his own hall. It was composed of the great officers of state, resident in the palace, and followed the king's household in all his expeditions. AULNAGE. See ALNAGB.

In the civil law. A grantor or vendor of any kind. In old French law. A plaintiff. Kel ham. AUCTORITAS. In the civil law. Authority. In old European law. A diploma, or royal charter. A word frequently used by Gregory of Tours and later writers. Spel man. Auctoritates philosophorum, medico rum, et poetarum, sunt in causis alle gandee et tenendse. The opinions of phi losophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt. 264. Auoupia verborum sunt judice indig na. Catching at words is unworthy of a judge. Hob. 343. Audi alteram partem. Hear the other side; hear both sides. No man should be condemned unheard. Broom, Max. 113. See L. R. 2 P. C. 106. AUDIENCE. In international law. A hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who comes to him duly accredited; and, after the recall of a minister, an "audience of leave" ordinarily is accorded to him. AUDIENCE COURT. In English law. A court belonging to the Archbishop of Can terbury, having jurisdiction of matters of form only, as the confirmation of bishops, and the like. This court has the same au thority with the Court of Arches, but is of inferior dignity and antiquity. The Dean of the Arches is the official auditor of the Audi ence court. The Archbishop of York has also his Audience court. A.UDIENDO ET TERMINANDO. A writ or commission to certain persons to ap pease and punish any insurrection or great riot. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 110. AUDIT. As a verb; to make an official investigation and examination of accounts and vouchers. As a noun; the process of auditing ac counts; the hearing and investigation had before an auditor. AUDITA QUERELA. The name of a writ constituting the initial process in an ac tion brought by a judgment defendant to ob tain relief againat the consequences of the

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