eccles. law. An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. A writing acknowledging payments; acquittance. It differs from acceptation in this: that acceptilation imports a complete discharge of the former obligation whether payment be made or not; apocha, discharge only upon payment being made. Calvin. AFOCH2E ONERATORLffi. In old commercial law. Bills of lading. … [Read more...]

What simply appears on its face, that which is obvious or what can be seen on the surface. That which is manifest what is proved. It is required that all things upon which a court must pass, should be made to appear, if matter in pays, under oath if matter of record, by the record. It is a rule that those things which do not appear, are to be considered as not existing. Law … [Read more...]

In old commercial law. Bills of lading. … [Read more...]

The conduct of an agent which would make it appear that the agent has the authorization of the principal but does not, in fact, have the authorization to perform the act. If it is reasonable to expect that the agent had authority to perform the act the law usually finds that the apparent authority is sufficient to complete the act as if there was actual authority. … [Read more...]