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obsolete. To purge one's self of an offence by oath. It frequently happens that when a person has been arrested for a contempt, he comes into court and purges himself, on oath, of having intended any contempt. … [Read more...] about ACREDULITARE

Fr. #In French law. To delay; retard; put off. Accrocher un proces, to stay the proceedings in a suit. … [Read more...] about ACCROCHER

An accumulative legacy is a second bequest given by the same testator to the same legatee, whether it be of the same kind of thing, as money, or whether it be of different things, as, one hundred dollars, in one legacy, and a thousand dollars in another, or whether the sums are equal or whether the legacies are of a different naturer 2 Rop. Leg. 19. … [Read more...] about ACCUMULATIVE LEGACY

In the civil law. Property which has been acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by succession. Immovable property which has been acquired otherwise than by succession. Merl. Repert. Profits or gains of property, as between husband and wife. Civil Code La. … [Read more...] about ACQUETS

Under a grant of a right of way across the plaintiff's lot of land, the grantee has not a right to enter at one place, go partly across, and then come out at another place on the same side of the lot. Corn stock v. Van Deusen, 5 Pick. (Mass.) 163. See Brown v. Meady, 10 Me. 391, 25 Am. Dec. 248. … [Read more...] about ACROSS