Legal maxim and Latin for the laws are adapted to such cases which occur more frequently. A statute, which, construed according to the plain meaning of its words, is in all cases of ordinary occurrence, in no degree inconsistent or unreasonable, should not be varied by construction in every case, merely because there is one possible but highly improbable case in which the law … [Read more...] about AD EA QUAE FREQUENTIUS ACCIDUUNT JURA ADAPTANTUR
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AD HOC COMMITTEE
A committee that is put together as a result of necessity to review and supervise a task or reivew a specific issue. … [Read more...] about AD HOC COMMITTEE
AD MANUM
Latin: At hand; ready for use. Et querens sectam habeat ad manum; and the plaintiff immediately have his suit ready. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 44, … [Read more...] about AD MANUM
ACTION REDHIBITORY
civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale on account of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice. … [Read more...] about ACTION REDHIBITORY
ACTON BURNEL, STATUTE OF
In English law. A statute, otherwise called "Statutum de Mercatorioum" made at a parliament held at the castle of Acton Burnel in Shropshire, in the 11th year of the reign of Edward I. 2 Reeves, Eng. Law, 158 162. … [Read more...] about ACTON BURNEL, STATUTE OF