In European law. An usher. Spelman. … [Read more...] about ADMISSIONALIS
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ADOPT
(A) Family Law; to assume the legal responsibility for a child. (B) General: To approve, to ratify, to accept something. For example, a board of directors of a corporation will adopt the bylaws. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To accept, appropriate, choose, or select; to make that one's own (property or act) which was not so originally. To adopt a route for the … [Read more...] about ADOPT
ADSCRIPTI GLEBAE
Slaves who served the master of the soil, who were annexed to the land, and passed with it when it was conveyed. Calvin. In Scotland, as late as the reign of George III., laborers in collieries and salt works were bound to the coal pit or salt work in which they were engaged, in a manner similar to that of the adscnpU of the Romans. Bell. … [Read more...] about ADSCRIPTI GLEBAE
ADMINISTRATRIX
A female who administers, or to whom letters of administration have been granted. … [Read more...] about ADMINISTRATRIX
ADMISSIONS
(A) of attorneys and counsellors. To entitle counsellors and attorneys to practice in court, they must be admitted by the court to practice there. Different statutes and rules have been made to regulate their admission; they generally require a previous qualification by study under the direction of some practicing counsellor or attorney. (B) in pleading. Where one party means … [Read more...] about ADMISSIONS