KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

ADMONITION

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ADM1RALITAS

ADMIRALITAS.

presented by the patron, after examination, declares him fit to serve the cure of tne church to which he is presented, by the words "admitto te habilem," I admit thee able. Co. Litt. 344a; 4 Coke, 79; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 138, § 123. Synonyms. The term "admission" is usu ally applied to civil transactions and to these matters of fact in criminal cases which do not involve criminal intent, while the term "confession" is generally restricted to acknowl edgments of guilt. People v. Velarde, 59 Cal. 457; Colburn v. Groton, 66 N. H. 151, 28 Atl. 95, 22 L. R. A. 763; State v. Porter, 32 Or. 135, 49 Pac. 964. ADMISSION TO BAIL. The order of a competent court or magistrate that a per son accused of crime be discharged from actual custody upon the taking of bail. Comp. Laws Nev. 1900, § 4460; Ann. Codes & St Or. 1901, % 1492; People v. Solomon, 5 Utah, 277, 15 Pac. 4; Shelby County T. Simmonds, 33 Iowa, 345. ADMISSIONALIS. In European law. An usher. Spelman. ADMIT. To allow, receive, or take; to suffer one to enter; to give possession; to license. Gregory v. United States, 17 Blatchf. 325, 10 Fed. Cas. 1195. See AD MISSION. ADMITTANCE. In English law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold es tate. It is of three kinds: (1) Upon a vol untary grant by the lord, where the land has escheated or reverted to him. (2) Upon surrender by the former tenant. (3) Upon descent, where the heir is tenant on his ancestor's death. A writ of execution upon a right of presentation to a benefice being recovered in quare impedit, addressed to the bishop or his metropolitan, requiring him to admit and institute the clerk or presentee of the plaintiff. Reg. Orig. 33a. A writ for associating certain persons, as knights and other gentlemen of the county, to jus tices of assize on the circuit Beg. Orig 206. ADMONITIO TRINA. A triple cr threefold warning, given, in old times, to a prisoner standing mute, before he was sub jected to the peine forte et dure. 4 Bl. Comm. 325; 4 Steph. Comm. 391. ADMONITION. In ecclesiastical law, this is the lightest form of punishment, con sisting in a reprimand and warning admin istered by the judge to the defendant. If the latter does not obey the admonition, he may be more severely punished, as by sus pension, etc. ADMITTENDO CLERICO. ADMITTENDO IN SOCIUM.

L. Lat. Admiralty;

the admiralty, or court of admiralty. In European law. An association of pri vate armed vessels tor mutual protection and defense against pirates and enemies. ADMIRALTY. A court exercising juris diction over maritime causes, both civil and criminal, and marine affairs, commerce and navigation, controversies arising out of acts done upon or relating to the sea, and over questions of prize Also, the system of jurisprudence relating to and growing out of the jurisdiction and practice of the admiralty courts. In English law. The executive depart ment of state which presides over the naval forces of the kingdom. The normal head is the lord high admiral, but in practice the functions of the great omce are discharged by several commissioners, of whom one is the chief, and is called the "First Lord." He is assisted by other lords and by various sec retaries. Also the court of the admiral. The building where the lords of the admir-, alty transact business. In American law. A tribunal exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, or offenses. 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 508; New England Marine Ins. Co. v. Dunham, 11 Wall. 1, 23, 20 L. Ed. 90; De Lovio v. Boit, 2 Gall. 398, Fed. Cas. No. 3,776; The Belfast v. Boon, 7 Wall. 624, 19 L. Ed. 266; Ex parte Easton, 95 U. S. 68, 72, 24 L. Ed. 373. ADMISSIBLE. Proper to be received. As applied to evidence, the term means that it is of such a character that the court or judge is bound to receive it; that is, allow it to be introduced. A volun tary acknowledgment, confession, or conces sion of the existence of a fact or the truth of an allegation made by a party to the suit. Roosevelt v. Smith, 17 Misc. Rep. 323, 40 N. Y. Supp. 381. In pleading. The concession or acknowl edgment by one party of the truth of some matter alleged by the opposite party, made in a pleading, the effect of which is to nar row the area of facts or allegations requiring to be proved by evidence. Connecticut Hos pital v. Brookfield, 69 Conn. 1, 36 Atl. 1017. In practice. The formal act of a court, by which attorneys or counsellors are recog nized as officers of the court and are licensed to practice before it In corporations. The act of a corpora tion or company by which an individual ac quires the rights of a member of such cor poration or company. In English ecclesiastical law. The act of the bishop, who, on approval of the clerk ADMISSION. In evidence.