KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

ALCOHOLISM

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time exempt from trainings and musters. See Prov. Laws 1775-76, c. 10, § 18; Const Mass. c. 11, § 1, art 10; Pub. St. Mass. 1&82, 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; Reg. Orig. 319&. ALBACEA. In Spanish law. An execu tor or administrator; one who is charged with fulfilling and executing that which is directed by the testator in his testament or other last disposition. Emeric v. Alvarado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac. 418, 433. ALBANAGIUM. In old French law. The state of alienage; of being a foreigner or alien. ALB ANUS. In old French law. A stran ger, 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 d'aubatne 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 Repealed by the French laws in June, 1791. 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. Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black, 17, 194, 17 L. Ed. 360. ALCOHOLISM. In medical jurispru dence. The pathological effect (as distin guished from physiological effect) of excessive indulgence in intoxicating liquors. It is acute when induced by excessive potations at one time or in the course of a single debauch. An attack of delirium tremens and alcoholic homicidal mania are examples of this form. It is chronic when resulting from the long-

AINESSE. The right or privilege of the eldest born; primo geniture; esnecy. Guyot, Inst Feud. c. 17. AIR. That fluid transparent substance which surrounds our globe. Bank v. Ken nett, 101 Mo. App. 370, 74 S. W. 474. AIRE. In old Scotch law. The court of the justices itinerant, corresponding with the English eyre, (q. v.) Skene de Verb. Sign, voc. Iter. AIRT AND PAIRT. In old Scotch crim inal law. Accessary; contriver and partner. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt 1, p. 133; 3 How. State Tr. 601. Now written art and part, (q. v.) AIR-WAY. In English law. A passage for the admission of air into a mine. To ma liciously fill up, obstruct, or damage, with in tent to destroy, obstruct, or render useless the air-way to any mine, is a felony punish able by penal servitude or imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 24 & 25 Vict c 97, § 28. AISIAMENTUM. In old English law. An easement. Spelman. AISNE or EIGNE. In old English law, the eldest or first born. AJOURNMENT. 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 requite or petition. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 545. In Spanish law. Parapherna lia. The jewels and furniture which a wife brings in marriage. A tube, conical in form, intended to be applied to an aperture through which water passes, whereby the flow of the water is greatly increased. See Schuylkill Nav. Co. v. Moore, 2 Whart. (Pa.) 477. In French feudal law. AJUAR. AJUTAGE. AL. L. Fr. At the; to the. Al oarre; at the bar. Al huis d'esglise; at the church door. ALJE ECCLESLX. The wings or side aisles of a church. Blount ALANERARIUS. A manager and keep er of dogs for the sport of hawking; from alanus, 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 AKIN. In old English law. Of kin. "Next-a-kin." 7 Mod. 14a