Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

AD INSTANTIAM

AD DAMNUM

AD FEODI FIRMAM. To fee farm. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50, § 30. AD FIDEM. In allegiance. 2 Kent* Comm. 56. Subjects born ad fidem are those born in allegiance. AD FILUM AQTLZE. To the thread of the water; to the central line, or middle of the stream. Usque ad ftXum aquas, as far as the thread of the stream. Bract, fol. 2086; 235a. A phrase of frequent occurrence in modern law; of which ad medium fllum aqua {q. v.) is another form. AD FILUM VIM. To the middle of the way; to the central line of the road. 8 Mete. (Mass.) 260. AD FINEM. Abbreviated ad Jin. To the end. It is used in citations to books, as a direction to read from the place des ignated to the end of the chapter, section, etc. Ad flnem litis, at the end of the suit. AD FIRMAM. To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent. Ad Jir mam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in amount to the estimated cost of entertaining the king for one night. Cowell. Ad feodi flrmam, to fee farm. Spelman. AD GAOLAS DELIBERANDAS. To deliver the gaols; to empty the gaols. Bract, fol. 1096. Ad gaolam deliberandam; to de liver the gaol; to make gaol delivery. Bract, fol. 1106. AD GRAVAMEN. To the grievance, in jury, or oppression. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 47, § 10. AD HOMINEM. To the person. A term used in logic with reference to a per* sonal argument. AD HUNC DIEM. At this day. 1 Leon. 90. AD IDEM. To the same point, or effect. Ad idemfacit, it makes to or goes to estab lish the same point. Bract, fol. 276. AD INDE. Thereunto. Ad inde requir situs, thereunto required. Townsh. PL 22. AD INFINITUM. Without limit; to an infinite extent; indefinitely. AD INQUIRENDUM. To inquire; a writ of inquiry; a judicial writ, commandiag inquiry to be made of any thing relating to a cause pending in court. Cowell. AD INSTANTIAM. At the instance. 2 Mod. 44. Ad instantiam partis, at tha instance of a party. Hale, Com. Law, 28.

AD DAMNTJM. In pleading. "To the damage." The technical name of that clause •f the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiff's money loss, or the

damages which he claims. AD DEFENDENDUM. Bl. Comm. 227.

To defend. 1

AD DIEM. At a day; at the day. Townsh. PI. 23. Ad cerium diem, at a cer tain day. 2 Strange, 747. Solvit ad diem; he paid at or on the day. 1 Chit. PI. 485. Ad ea quro frequentius aecidunt jura adaptantur. Laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur. 2 Inst. 137; Broom, Max. 43. Laws are adapted to cases which frequently occur. A statute, which, construed accord ing to its plain words, is, in all cases of or dinary occurrence, in no degree inconsistent or unreasonable, should not be varied by construction in every case, merely because there is one possible but highly improbable case in which the law would operate with great severity and against our notions of jus tice. The utmost that can be contended is that the construction of the statute should be varied in that particular case, so as to obviate the injustice. 7 Exch. 549; 8 Exch. 778. AD EFFECTUM. To the effect, or end. Co. Litt. 204a; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 802, § 2143. Ad effectum sequentem, to the effect following. 2 Salk. 417. AD EXCAMBIUM. For exchange; for compensation. Bract, fol. 126, 376. AD EXH-ffilBEDATIONEM. To the disherison, or disinheriting; to the injury of the inheritance. Bract, fol. 15a; 3 Bl. Comm. 288. Formal words in the old writs of waste. AD EXITUM. At issue; at the end (of the pleadings.) Steph. PI. 24. AD FACIENDUM. To do. Co. Litt. 204a. Ad faciendum, subjiciendum et re cipiendum; to do, submit to, and receive. Ad faciendam juratam Warn; to make up that jury. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, § 12. AD FACTUM PBJESTANDUM. In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this tind cannot claim the benefit of the act of grace, the privilege of sanctuary, or the ces Ho b&norum. Ersk. Inst. lib. 3, tit. 3, § 62.

Archive CD Books USA