Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

AVULSION

AZURE

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The property of the part thus separated continues in the original proprietor, in which respect avulsion differs from alluvion, by which an addition is insensibly made to a property by the gradual washing down of the river, and which addition becomes the prop erty of the owner of the lands to which the addition is made. Wharton. AVUNCULUS. In the civil law. A moth er's brother. 2 Bl. Comm. 230. Avunculus magnus, a great-uncle. Avunculus major, a great-grandmother's brother. Avunculus maximus, a great-great-grandmother's broth er. See Dig. 88, 10, 10; Inst. 8, 6, 2. AVUS. In the civil law. A grandfather. Inst. 3, 6,1. AWAIT. A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying. AWAED, t>. To grant, concede, ad judge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. AWAED, n. The decision or determina tion rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, up on a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decis ion.

AWAY-GOING CBOP. A crop sows before the expiration of a tenancy, which can not ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Max. 412. AWM. In old English statutes. A meas ure of wine, or vessel containing forty gal lons. AXIOM. In logic. A self-evident truth; an indisputable truth. AYANT CAUSE. In French law. This term signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like; an assignee. An ayant cause differs from an heir who acquires the right by inheritance. 8 Toullier, n. 245. The term is used in Louisiana. AYLE. See AIEL. AYBE. In old Scotch law. Eyre; a cir cuit, eyre, or iter. AYUNTAMIENTO. In Spanish law. A congress of persons; the municipal council of a city or town. 1 White, Coll. 416; 12 Pet. 442, notes. AZURE. A term used in heraldry, sig nifying blue.

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