A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying. … [Read more...] about AWAIT
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AWARD
v. To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166). n. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decision. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...] about AWARD
AVOIRDUPOIS
The name of a system of weights (sixteen ounces to the pound) used in weighing articles other than medicines, metals, and precious stones. … [Read more...] about AVOIRDUPOIS
AVERIA
In old English law. This term was applied to working cattle, such as horses, oxen, etc. Averia carrucse. Beasts of the plow. Averiis captis in withernam. A writ granted to one whose cattle were unlawfully distrained by another and driven out of the county in which they were taken, so that they could not be replevied by the sheriff. Reg. Orig. 82. … [Read more...] about AVERIA
AVOUCHER
The calling upon a warrantor of lands to fulfill his undertaking. … [Read more...] about AVOUCHER