KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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AD QtJOD

AD VITAM

whether it will be a prejudice to grant them, and to whom it will be prejudicial, and what prejudice will come thereby. There is also another writ of ad quod damnum, if any one will turn a common highway and lay out another way as beneficial. Termes de la Ley. AD QUOD NON FUIT RESPONSUM. To which there was no answer. A phrase used in the reports, where a point advanced in argument by one party was not denied by the other; or where a point or argument of counsel was not met or noticed by the court; or where an objection was met by the court, and not replied to by the counsel who raised it 3 Coke, 9; 4 Coke, 40. AD RATIONEM PONERE. A technical expression in the old records of the Excheq uer, signifying, to put to the bar and in terrogate as to a charge made; to arraign on a trial. AD RECOGNOSCENDUM. To recog nize. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, § 12. Formal words in old writs. Ad recte docendmn oportet, prinrom in quirere nomina, quia rerum cognitio a nominitras rerun dependet. In order rightly to comprehend a thing, inquire first into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names. Co. Lift. 68. AD REPARATIONEM ET SUSTEN TATIONEM. For repairing and keeping in suitable condition. AD RESPONDENDUM. For answer ing ; to make answer; words used in certain writs employed for bringing a person before the court to make answer in defense in a proceeding. Thus there is a capias ad re spondendum, q. v.; also a habeas corpus ad respondendum. AD SATISFACIENDUM. To satisfy. The emphatic words of the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, which requires the sheriff to take the person of the defendant to satis fy the plaintiff's claim. AD SECTAM. At the suit of. Com monly abbreviated to ads. Used in entering and indexing the names of cases, where it is desired that the name of the defendant should come first. Thus, "B. ads. A." in dicates that B. is defendant in an action brought by A., and the title so written would be an inversion of the more usual form "A. v. B." AD STUDENDUM ET OBANDUM. For studying and praying; for the promotion of learning and religion. A phrase applied to colleges and universities. 1 Bl. Comm. 467; T. Raym. 101.

AD TERMINUM ANNORUM. For I term of years. AD TERMINUM QUI PRETERIT. For a term which has passed. Words in the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law to recover, on behalf of a land lord, possession of premises, from a tenant holding over after the expiration of the term for which they were demised. See Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 201. Ad tristem partem strenua est ras pioio. Suspicion lies heavy on the unfortu nate side. AD TUNC ET IBIDEM. In pleading. The Latin name of that clause of an indict ment containing the statement of the sub ject-matter "then and there being found." AD ULTIMAM VIM TERMINORUM. To the most extended import of the terms; in a sense as universal as the terms will reach. 2 Eden, 54. AD USUM ET GOMMODUM. To the use and benefit. AD VALENTTAM. To the value. See AD VAXOBEM. AD VAXOREM. According to value. Duties are either ad valorem or specific; the former when the duty is laid in the form of a percentage on the value of the property; the latter where it is imposed as a fixed sum on each article of a class without regard to its value. The term ad valorem tax is as well defined and fixed as any other used in political economy or legislation, and sim ply means a tax or duty upon the value of the article or thing subject to taxation. Bailey v. Fuqua, 24 Miss. 501; Pingree v. Auditor General, 120 Mich. 95, 78 N. W. 1025, 44 L. B. A. 679. AD VENTREM INSPICIENDUM. To inspect the womb. A writ for the summon ing of a jury of matrons to determine the question of pregnancy. Ad vim. majorem vel ad casus f«ftrtuit*a non tenetur quis, nisi sua culpa inter venerit. No one is held to answer for the effects of a superior force, or of accidents, unless his own fault has contributed. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 72, § 16. AD VITAM. For life. Bract fol. 13&. In feodo, vel ad vitam; in fee, or for life Id. AD VITAM AUT CUI.PAM. For Me or until fault This phrase describes the tenure of an office which is otherwise said to be held "for life or during good behavior." It is equivalent to quamdiu bene se gesserit.