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Latin: Before. Usually employed in old pleadings as expressive of time, as prce (before) was of place, and coram (before) of person. Townsh. PI. 22. Occurring In a report or a text book, it Is used to refer the reader to a previous part of the book. Ante exhibitionem billse. Before the exhibition of the bill. Before suit begun. Ante factum or ante gestum. Done before. A Roman … [Read more...] about ANTE

Lat. Formerly; heretofore. … [Read more...] about ANTEA

(Latin: ring and staff.) The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et baculum, by the prince's delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier. 1 Bl. Comm. 378; Spelman. … [Read more...] about ANNULUS ET BACULUS

Something that goes before. In the construction of laws, agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the last antecedent; ad proximun antecedens fiat relatio. But not only the antecedents but the subsequent clauses of the instrument must be considered: Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio. Before suit brought, before controversy moved. … [Read more...] about ANTECEDENT

English law. The title which the king acquires in land, when a party, who held not of the king, is attainted of felony. He acquires the power not only to take the profits for a full year, but to waste and demolish houses, and to extirpate woods and trees. 2. This is but a chattel interest. … [Read more...] about ANNUM DIEM ET VASTUM