KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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AD FACIENDUM. To do. Co. Litt 204a. Ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum: to do, submit to, and receive. Ad faciendam juratamillam; to make up that jury. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, § 12. AD FACTUM PR^STANDUM. In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this kind cannot claim the benefit of the act of grace, the privilege of sanctuary, or the ces sio bonorum. Ersk. Inst lib. 3, tit 3, § 62. AD FEODI FTRMAM. To fee farm. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50, § 30. AD FIDEM. In allegiance. 2 Kent, Comm. 56. Subjects born ad fldem are those born in allegiance. AD FILUM AQVm. To the thread of the water; to the central line, or middle of the stream. Usque ad filum aquw, as far as the thread of the stream. Bract, fol. 2086; 235a. A phrase of frequent occurrence in modern law; of which ad medium filum aquw (q. v.) is another form. AD FXLUM Vta:. To the middle of the way; to the central line of the road. Park er v. Inhabitants of Framingham, 8 Mete. (Mass.) 260. AD FINEM. Abbreviated ad fin. To the end. It is used in citations to books, as a direction to read from the place designated 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 fir mam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in amount to the estimated cost of entertaining the king for one night Cowell. Ad feodi firmam, to fee farm. Spelman. AD GAOLAS DELIBERANDAS. To deliver the gaols; to empty the gaols. Bract, fol. 1096. Ad gaolam deliberandum; 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 HOC. For this; for this special pur pose. An attorney ad hoc, or a guardian or curator ad hoc, is one appointed for a spe cial purpose, generally to represent the client or infant in the particular action in which the appointment is made. Sallier v. Rosteet, 108 La. 378, 32 South. 383; Bienvenu v. In surance Co., 33 La. Ann. 212. AD HOMINEM. To the person. A term used in logic with reference to a personal argument. AD HUNC DIEM. At this day. 1 Leon. 90.

obsolete) brought by the reversioners after the death of the life tenant, for the recovery of lands wrongfully alienated by him. AD COMPARENDUM. To appear. Ad comparendum, eX ad standum juri, to appear and to stand to the law, or abide the judg ment of the court. Cro. Jac. 67. AD COMPOTUM REDDENDUM. To render an account St. Westm. 2, c. 11. AD CURIAM. At a court. 1 Salk. 196. To court Ad curiam vocare, to summon to court. AD CUSTAGIA. At the costs. Toullier; Cowell; Whishaw. AD CUSTUM. At the cost 1 Bl. Comm. 314. AD DAMNUM. In pleading. "To the damage." The technical name of that clause of the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiff's money loss, or the damages which he claims. Cole v. Hayes, 78 Me. 539, 7 Atl. 391; Vincent v. Life Ass'n, 75 Conn. 650, 55 Atl. 177. AD DEFENDENDUM. To defend. 1 Bl. Comm. 227. AD DIEM. At a day; at the day. Townsh. PL 23. Ad certum 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 qnse frequenting accidnnt jnra adaptantnr. 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 according to its plain words, is, in all cases of ordinary occurrence, in no degree inconsistent or un reasonable, should not be varied by construc tion 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 justice. The utmost that can be contended is that the construction of the statute should be varied in that par ticular 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, S 2143. Ad eftectum seguentem, to the effect following. 2 Salk. 417. AD EXCAMBIUM. For exchange; for compensation. Bract, fol. 12&, 376. AD EXH^EREDATIONEM. To the dis herison, 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.