Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

ALDERMANNUS

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AISNE

ALBUM BREVE. A blank writ; a writ with a blank or omission in it. ALBUS LIBER. The white book; an ancient book containing a compilation of the law and customs of the city of London. It has lately been reprinted by order of the mas ter of the rolls. ALCABALA. In Spanish law. A duty of a certain per cent, paid to the treasury on the sale or exchange of property. ALCALDE. The name of a judicial of ficer in Spain, and in those countries which have received their laws and institutions from Spain. His functions somewhat re sembled those of mayor in small municipali ties on the continent, or justice of the peace in England and most of the United States. ALDERMAN. A judicial or adminis trative magistrate. Originally the word was synonymous with "elder," but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. In English law. An associate to the chief civil magistrate of a corporate town or city. In American cities. The aldermen are generally a legislative body, having limited judicial powers as a body, as in matters of internal police regulation, laying out and re pairing streets, constructing sewers, and the like; though in many cities they hold sepa rate courts, and have magisterial powers to a considerable extent. Bouvier. ALDERMANNUS CIVITATIS VEL BURGI. L. Lat. Alderman of a city or borough, from which the modern office of alderman has been derived. T. Raym. 435, 437. ALDERMANNUS COMITATUS. The alderman of the county. According to Spel man, he held an office intermediate between that of an earl and a sheriff. According to other authorities, he was the same as the earl. 1 BL Comm. 116. ALDERMANNUS HUNDREDI SEU WAPENTACHII. Alderman of a hu ndred or wapentake. Spelman. ALDERMANNUS REGIS. Alderman of the king. So called, either because he re ceived his appointment from the king or be cause he gave the judgment of the king in the premises allotted to him. ALDERMANNUS TOTIUS ANGLUE. Alderman of all England. An officer among the Anglo-Saxons, supposed by Spelman to

AISNE or EIGNE. In old English law, the eldest orfirstborn. AJOURNEMENT. In French law. The document pursuant to which an action or suit is commenced, equivalent to the writ of summons in England. Actions, however, are in some cases commenced by requete or petition. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 545. AJUAR. In Spanish law. Parapherna lia. The jewels and furniture which a wife brings in marriage. AJUTAGE. A tube, conical in form, in tended to be applied to an aperture through which water passes, whereby the flow of the water is greatly increased. See 2 Whart. 477. AKIN. In old English law. Of kin. "Next-a-kin." 7 Mod. 140. AX. L. Fr. At the; to the. Albarre; at the bar. Al huts d'esglise; at the church door. ALJ3 ECCLESI2E. The wings or side aisles of a church. Blount. ALANERARIUS. A manager and keep er of dogs for the sport of hawking; from atanus, a dog known to the ancients. A fal coner. Blount. ALARM LIST. The list of persons liable to military watches, who were at the same time exempt from trainings and musters. SeeProv. Laws 1775-76, c. 10, § 18; Const. Mass. c. 11, § 1, art. 10; Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1287. ALBA FIRMA. In old English law. White rent; rent payable in silver or white money, as distinguished from that which was anciently paid in corn or provisions, called black mail, or black rent. Spelman; Beg. Orig. 3196. ALBANAGITTM. In old French law. The state of alienage; of being a foreigner or alien. ALBANUS. In old French law. A stranger, alien, or foreigner. ALBINATUS. In old French law. The state or condition of an alien or foreigner. ALBINATUS JUS. In old French law. The droit tfaubaine in France, whereby the king, at an alien's death, was entitled to all his property, unless he had peculiar exemp tion. Repealed by the French laws in June, 1791.

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