In Roman law. Lands belonging to the state by right of conquest, and granted or sold in plots. Sandars, Just. Inst (5th Ed.) 98. In modern civil law. Lands whose boundaries are strictly limited by the lines of government surveys. Hardin v. Jordan, 140 U. S. 371, 11 Sup. Ct 808, 35 L. Ed. 428. … [Read more...] about AGRI LIMITATI
A
AILE OR AYLE
domestic relations. This is a corruption of the French word aieul, grandfather. … [Read more...] about AILE OR AYLE
AGRICULTURAL LIEN
A statutory lien in some states to secure money or supplies advanced to an agriculturist to be expended or employed in the making of a crop and attaching to that crop only. Clark v. Farrar, 74 N. C. 686, 690. … [Read more...] about AGRICULTURAL LIEN
AINESSE
In French feudal law. The right or privilege of the eldest born; primogeniture; esnecy. Guyot, Inst Feud. c. 17. … [Read more...] about AINESSE
AGRICULTURE
The science or art of cultivating the ground, especially in fields or large areas, including the tillage of the soil, the planting of seeds, the raising and harvesting of crops, and the rearing of live stock. Dillard v. Webb, 55 Ala. 474. And see Bin zel v. Grogan, 67 Wis. 147, 29 N. W. 895; Simons v. Lovell, 7 Heisk. (Tenn.) 510; Springer v. Lewis, 22 Pa. 191. A person … [Read more...] about AGRICULTURE