English law. A defendant who pleads a frivolous plea, or a plea merely for the purpose of delaying the suit; or who for the same purpose, shall file a similar demurrer, may be compelled by rule in term time, or by a Judge's order in vacation, either to abide by that plea, or by that demurrer, or to plead peremptorily on the morrow; or if near the end of the term, and in order … [Read more...] about ABIDING BY PLEA
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ABLEGATI
Papal ambassadors of the second rank, who are sent to a country where there is not a nuncio, with a less extensive commission than that of a nuncio. … [Read more...] about ABLEGATI
ABOVE THE FOLD
Advertising term used to describe that which can be seen immediate, e.g. in a web browser window without having to scroll down, on the top and immediately visible page of a newspaper that is folded over such as the New York Times or Wall Street Journal). … [Read more...] about ABOVE THE FOLD
ABIGEAT
civ. law, A particular kind of larceny, which is committed not by taking and carrying away the property from one place to another, but by driving a living thing away with an intention of feloniously appropriating the same. Vide Taking. … [Read more...] about ABIGEAT
ABLOCATTO
A letting out to hire, or leasing for money. Calvin. Sometimes used in the English form "ablocation." … [Read more...] about ABLOCATTO