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AWAIT

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A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying. … [Read more...]

AWARD

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v. To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166). n. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decision. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]

AWAY-GOING CROP

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A crop sown before the expiration of a tenancy, which cannot ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Max. 412. … [Read more...]

AWM

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In old English statutes. A measure of wine, or vessel containing forty gallons. … [Read more...]

AWM OR AUME

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An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons. AYANT CAUSE. French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like. An assignee. An ayant cause differs from an heir who acquires the right by inheritance. 8 Toull. n. 245. … [Read more...]

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