An inferior ministrant or servant in the ceremonies of the church, whose duties are to follow and wait upon the priests and deacons, etc. … [Read more...] about ACOLYTE
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ACRE
A quantity of land containing 160 square rods of land, in whatever shape. Serg. Land Laws Pa. 185; Cro. Eliz. 476, 665; 6 Coke, 67; Poph. 55; Co. Litt 56. Originally the word "acre" (acer, aher, or Sax. ceqer) was not used as a measure of land, or to signify any determinate quantity of land, but to denote any open ground, (latum quan tumvis agrum,) wide champaign, or field; … [Read more...] about ACRE
ACCUMULATIVE JUDGMENT
A second or additional judgment given against one, who has been convicted, the execution or effect of which is to commence after the first has expired; as, where a man is sentenced to an imprisonment for six months on conviction of larceny, and, afterwards he is convicted of burglary, he may be sentenced to undergo an imprisonment for the latter crime, to commence after the … [Read more...] about ACCUMULATIVE JUDGMENT
ACQUEST
An estate acquired newly, or by purchase. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 56. … [Read more...] about ACQUEST
ACREDULITARE
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