In Spanish law. A congress of persons; the municipal council of a city or town. … [Read more...]
AZURE
A term used in heraldry, signifying blue. … [Read more...]
AVOWTRY
In old English law. Adultery. Termes de la Ley. … [Read more...]
AVULSION
The removal of a considerable quantity of soil from the land of one man, and its deposit upon or Annexation to the land of another, suddenly and by the perceptible action of water. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 452. The property of the part thus separated continues in the original proprietor, in which respect avulsion differs from alluvion, by which an addition is insensibly made to a … [Read more...]
AVUNCULUS
In the civil law. A mother's brother. 2 Bl. Comm. 230. Avunculus magnus, a great uncle. Avunculus major, a great grandmother's brother. Avunculus maximum, a great great grandmother's brother. See Dig. 38, 10, 10; Inst. 3, 6, 2. … [Read more...]