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Fr. An abuttal or abutment See Ouyot RSpert Univ. "Ab outissans." … [Read more...] about ABOUTISSEMENT

To renounce, or abandon, by or upon oath. See Abjueation. "The decision of this court in Arthur r. Broadnax, 3 Ala. 557, affirms that if the husband has abjured the state, and remains abroad, the wife, meanwhile trading as a feme sole, could recover on a note which was giveA to her as such. We must consider the term 'abjure,' as there used, as implying a total abandonment of … [Read more...] about ABJURE

In practice. Higher; superior. The court to which a cause is removed by appeal or writ of error is called the court above. Principal; as distinguished from what is auxiliary or instrumental. Bail to the action, or special bail, is otherwise termed bail above. 3 Bl. Comm. 291. See Below. … [Read more...] about ABOVE

As used In a statute relating to service in the militia, this term does not imply an absolute freedom from all physical ailment. It imports an absence of those palpable and visible defects which evidently incapacitate the person from performing the ordinary duties of a soldier. Darling v. Bowen, 10 Vt 152. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Having ability or capable … [Read more...] about ABLE-BODIED

Quoted before. A figurative expression taken from the ancient manner of writing books on scrolls, where whatever is mentioned or cited before in the same roll must be above. Encyc. Lond. … [Read more...] about ABOVE CITED, or MENTIONED