Uncompensated, unpaid for, unavenged. From the participle of exclusion, a, ae, or ex, (Goth.,) and gild, payment requital. Anc. Inst. Eng. … [Read more...] about AEGYLDE
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ADVOCATION
In Scotch law. A process by which an action may be carried from an inferior to a superior court before final judgment in the former. … [Read more...] about ADVOCATION
AEL
A Norman French term signifying "grandfather." It is also spelled "aieul" and "ayle." Kelham. iEquior est dispositio legis qnam homi nis. The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Coke, 152. iEQUITAS. In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called cequum, mquum bonum, cequum et bonum, cequum et justum. Calvin. … [Read more...] about AEL
ADVOCATIONS DECIMARUM
A writ which lay for tithes, demanding the fourth part or upwards, that belonged to any church. … [Read more...] about ADVOCATIONS DECIMARUM
AEQUITAS
n the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called aequum, aequum bonum, aequum et bonum, aequum et justum. Calvin. AEQUITAS AGIT IN PERSONAM Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733. AEQUITAS EST CORRECTIO LEGIS GENERALITER LATAE QUA PARTE DEFICIT Equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generality, is … [Read more...] about AEQUITAS