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APPRENDRE

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A fee or profit taken or received. Cowell. … [Read more...]

APPROVER

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Fr. To approve or prove; to vouch. Kelham. APPROVER, n. In real property law. Approvement; improvement. "There can be no approver in derogation of a right of common of turbary." 1 Taunt 435. In criminal law. An accomplice in crime who accuses others of the same offense, and is admitted as a witness at the discretion of the court to give evidence against his companions in guilt. … [Read more...]

APPORTUM

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In old English law. The revenue, profit, or emolument which a thing brings to the owner. Commonly applied to a corody or pension. Blount. … [Read more...]

APPRENTICE

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A person, usually a minor, bound in due form of law to a master, to learn from him his art, trade, or business, and to serve him during the time of his apprenticeship. 1 Bl. Comm. 426; 2 Kent, Comm. 211; 4 Term, 735. Altemus r. Ely, 3 Rawle (Pa.) 307; In re Goodenough, 19 Wis. 274; Phelps v. Railroad Co., 99 Pa. 113; Lyon v. Whitemore, 3 N. J. Law, 845. Apprentice en la ley. An … [Read more...]

APPRUARE

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To take to one's use or profit. Cowell. … [Read more...]

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