KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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ATAVUS

ASSURED

place, but also shelter, security, protection; and a fugitive from justice, who has com mitted a crime in a foreign country, "seeks an asylum" at all times when he claims the use of the territories of the United States. In re De Giacomo, 12 Blatchf. 395, Fed. Cas. No. 3,747. 3. An institution for the protection and relief y of unfortunates, as asylums for the poor, for the deaf and dumb, or for the in sane. Lawrence v. Leidigh, 58 Kan. 594, 50 Pac. 600, 62 Am. St Rep. 631. AT ARM'S LENGTH. Beyond the reach of personal influence or control. Parties are said to deal "at arm's length" when each stands upon the strict letter of his rights, and conducts the business in a formal manner, without trusting to the other's fair ness or integrity, and without being subject to the other's control or overmastering in fluence. AT BAR. Before the court "The case at bar," etc. Dyer, 31. AT LARGE. (1) Not limited to any par ticular place, district person, matter, or ques tion. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious animal so free from restraint as to be liable to do mis chief. (3) Fully; in detail; in an extended form. AT LAW. According to law; by, for, or In law; particularly in distinction from that which is done in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at law, barrister at law, attorney or counsellor at law. See Hooker v. Nichols, 116 N. a 157, 21 S. E. 208. AT SEA. Out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast. The Harriet 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099. See Wales v. Insurance Co., 8 Allen (Mass.) 380; Hub bard v. Hubbard, 8 N. Y. 199; Ex parte Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 158; Hut ton v. Insurance Co., 7 Hill (N. Y.) 325; Bowen v. Insurance Co., 20 Pick. (Mass.) 276, 32 Am. Dec. 213; U. S. v. Symonds, 120 U. S. 46, 7 Sup. Ct. 411, 30 L. Ed. 557; U. S. v. Barnette, 165 U. S. 174, 17 Sup. Ot 286, 41 L. Ed. 675. ATAMITA. In the civil law. A great great-great-grandfather's sister. ATAVIA. In the civil law. A great grandmother's grandmother. ATAVUNCULUS. The brother of a great-grandfather's grandmother. ATAVUS. The great-grandfather's or great-grandmother's grandfather; a fourth grandfather. The ascending line of lineal ancestry runs thus: Pater, Avus, Proavus, Abavus, At avus, Tritavus. The seventh gen-

ASSURED. A person who has been In sured by some insurance company, or under writer, against losses or perils mentioned in the policy of insurance. Brockway v. In surance Co. (C. O.) 29 Fed. 766; Sanford v. Insurance Co., 12 Cush. (Mass.) 548. The person for whose benefit the policy is issued and to whom the loss is payable, not necessarily the person on whose life or property the policy is written. Thus where a wife insures her husband's life for her own benefit and he,has no interest in the policy, she is the "assured" and he the "insured." Hogle v. Insurance Co., 6 Bob. (N. Y.) 570; Ferdon v. Canfield, 104 N. Y. 143, 10 N. E. 146; Insurance Co. v. Luchs, 108 U. S. 498, 2 Sup. Ot. 949, 27 L. Ed. 800. ASSURER. An insurer against certain perils and dangers; an underwriter; an in demnifier. ASSYTHEMENT. In Scotch law. Dam ages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been convicted and punished. Paters. Comp. ASTIPULATION. A mutual agreement, assent, and consent between parties; also a witness or record. ASTITRARIUS ILXRES. An heir ap parent who has been placed, by conveyance, in possession of his ancestor's estate during such ancestor's life-time. Co. Litt 8. ASTITUTION. An arraignment, (q. v.) ASTRARIUS. In old English law. A householder; belonging to the house; a per son in actual possession of a house. ASTRER. In old English law. A house holder, or occupant of a house or hearth. ASTRICT. In Scotch law. To assign to a particular mill. ASTRICTION TO A MILL. A servi tude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must be carried to a certain mill to be ground, a certain multure or price being paid for the same. Jacob. ASTRIHILTET. In Saxon law. A pen alty for a wrong done by one in the king's peace. The offender was to replace the dam age twofold. Spelman. ASTRUM. A house, or place of habita tion. Bract fol. 2676; CowelL ASYLUM. 1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. State v. Bacon, 6 Neb. 291; Cromie v. Institution of Mercy, 3 Bush (Ky.) 391. 2. Shelter; refuge; protection from the hand «f justice. The word includes not only