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ANOYSANCB

ANNDAL

ANNULUS.

Lat. In old English law. A

tain whether the standard fineness and weight of the coinage is maintained. See Rev. SL U. S. § 3547 (U. S. Oomp. St. 1901,, p. 2370).— Annual income. Annual income is annual re ceipts from property. Income means that which comes in or is received from any business, or investment of capital, without reference to the outgoing expenditures. Betts v. Betts, 4 Abb. N. O. (N. Y.) 400.— Annual pension. In Scotch law. A yearly profit or rent.— Annual rent. In Scotch law. Yearly interest on a loan of money.— Annual value. The net year ly income derivable from a given piece of prop erty ; its fair rental value for one year, deduct ing costs and expenses; the value of its use for a year. The meaning of this term, as applied to interest, is not an undertaking to pay interest at the end of one year only, but to pay interest at the end of each and every year during a period of time, either fixed or contingent. Sparhawk v. Wills, 6 Gray (Mass.) 164; Patterson v. McNeeley, 16 Ohio St. 348; Westfield v. Westfield, 19 S. O. 89. ANNUITANT. The recipient of an an nuity; one who is entitled to an annuity. ANNUITIES OF TIENDS. In Scotch law. Annuities of tithes; 10s. out of the boll of tiend wheat, 8s. out of the boll of beer, less out of the boll of rye, oats, and peas, al lowed to the crown yearly of the tiends not paid to the bishops, or set apart for other pious uses. A yearly sum stipulated to be paid to another in fee, or for life, or years, and chargeable only on the person of the grantor. Co. Litt. 1446. An annuity is different from a rent-charge, with which it is sometimes confounded, the annuity being chargeable on the person mere ly, and so far personalty; while a rent-charge is something reserved out of realty, or fixed as a burden upon an estate in land. 2 Bl. Comm. 40; Rolle, Abr. 226; Horton v. Cook, 10 Watts (Pa.) 127, 36 Am. Dec. 151. The contract of annuity is that by which one iparty delivers to another a sum of mon ey, and agrees not to reclaim it so long as the receiver pays the rent agreed upon. This an nuity may be either perpetual or for life. Civ. Code La. arts. 2793, 2794. The name of an action, now disused, (L. Late breve dp annuo redditu,) which lay for the recovery of an annuity. Reg. Orig. 1586; Bract, fol. 2036; 1 Tidd, Pr. 3. ANNUITY-TAX. An impost levied an nually in Scotland for the maintenance of the ministers of religion. ANNUL. To cancel; make void; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either a6 initio or prospectively as to future transactions. Wait v. Wait, 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 205; Woodson v. Skinner, 22 Mo. 24; In re Morrow's Estate, 204 Pa. 484, 54 Atl. 342. ANNUALLY. ANNUITY.

ring; the ring of a door.

vel

Per haapam

annulum by the hasp or ring of the outer door. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, § 5. ANNULUS ET BACULUS. (Lat ring and staff.) The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et baculum, by the prince's de livering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier. 1 Bl. Comm. 378; Spelman. Lat. In civil and old English law. A year; the period of three hundred and sixty-five days. Dig. 40, 7, 4, 5; Calvin.; Bract, fol. 3596. —Annus deliberandi. In Scotch law. A year of deliberating; a year to deliberate. The year allowed by law to the heir to deliberate whether he will enter and represent his an cestor. It commences on the death of the an cestor, unless in the case of a posthumous heir, when the year runs from his birth. Bell.— An nus, dies, et vastum. In old English law. Year, day, and waste. See YEAB, DAY, AND WASTE.—Annus et dies. A year and a day. —Annus luctus. The year of mourning. It was a rule among the Romans, and also the Danes and Saxons, that widows should not marry infra annum luctus, (within the year of mourning.) Code 5, 9, 2; 1 Bl. Comm. 457. —Annus utilis. A year made up of available or serviceable days. Brissonius; Calvin. In the plural, anm utiles signifies the years during which a right can be exercised or a prescription grow. hostii exterioris; ANNUS. Annus est mora motus quo suum plan eta pervolvat circulum. A year is the du ration of the motion by which a planet re volves through its orbit. Dig. 40, 7, 4, 5; Calvin.; Bract. 3596. Annus ineeptus pro completo habetur. A year begun is held as completed. Tray. Lat. Max. 45. ANNUUS REDITUS. A yearly rent; an nuity. 2 Bl. Comm. 41; Reg. Orig. 1586. ANOMALOUS. Irregular; exceptional; unusual; not conforming to rule, method, or type. —Anomalous indorser. A stranger to a note, who indorses it after its execution and de livery but before maturity, and before it has been indorsed by the payee. Buck v. Hutchins, 45 Minn, 270, 47 N. W. 80S.— Anomalous plea. One which is partly affirmative and partly negative. Baldwin v. Elizabeth, 42 N. J. Bq. 11, 6 Atl. 275; Potts v. Potts (N. J. Ch.) 42 Atl. 1055.

ANON., AN., A.

Abbreviations for anony

mous.

ANONYMOUS. a name or names. A publication, withholding the name of the author, is said to be anony mous. Cases are sometimes reported anony mously, i. e„ without giving the names of the parties. Abbreviated to "Anon." Nameless; wanting

ANOYSANCE. Cowell; Kelham.

Annoyance;

nuisance.