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AMBULATORY

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Movable; revocable; subject to change. Ambulatoria voluntas (a changeable will) denotes the power which a testator possesses of altering his will during his life time. Hattersley v. Bissett, 50 N. J. Eq. 577, 25 Atl. 332. held sometimes in one place and sometimes in another. So, in France, the supreme court or parliament was originally ambulatory. 3 Bl. Comm. 38, 39, 41. The … [Read more...]

AMBACTUS

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A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman. … [Read more...]

AMBULATORY JURISDICTION

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When jurisdiction is not limited to one place but can be applied to (and moved) to several other places. … [Read more...]

AMBASCIATOR

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A person sent about in the service of another; a person sent on a service. A word of frequent occurrence in the writers of the middle ages. Spelman. … [Read more...]

AMBULATORY WILL

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A will that is subject to change while the maker is alive. … [Read more...]

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