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In legal parlance, this refers to a record or document that summarizes the proceedings or what has taken place, e.g. an abstract of judgment or an abstract of title relating to real property. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (noun) - An abstract Is a less quantity containing the virtue and force of a greater quantity. A transcript is generally defined a copy, and … [Read more...] about ABSTRACT

(Latin: And also.) Words used to introduce the statement of the real cause of action, in those cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious cause of action to give the court jurisdiction, and also the real cause, in compliance with the statutes. … [Read more...] about AC ETTAM

Lat. (PL, abigei, or more rarely abigeatores.) In the civil law. A stealer of cattle; one who drove or drew away (subtraxit) cattle from their pastures, as horses or oxen from the herds, and made booty of them, and who followed this as a business or trade. The term was applied also to those who drove away the smaller animals, as swine, sheep, and goats. In the latter case, it … [Read more...] about ABIGEUS

civil law. The grandson of a grandson or grand-daughter, or fourth descendant. Abneptis, is the grand-daughter of a grandson or grand-daughter. These terms are used in making genealogical tables. … [Read more...] about ABNEPOS

An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. Abridgments of the law are brief digests of the law, arranged alphabetically. The oldest are those of Fitzherbert, Brooke, and Rolle; the more modern those of Viner, Comyns, and Bacon. (1 Steph. Comm. 51.) The term "digest" has now supplanted that of … [Read more...] about ABRIDGMENT