Scotch law. An indemnification which a criminal is bound to make to the party injured or his executors, though the crime itself should be extinguished by pardon. … [Read more...]
AT SEA
Out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea coast. The Harriet 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099. See Wales v. Insurance Co., 8 Allen (Mass.) 380; Hubbard v. Hubbard, 8 N. Y. 199; Ex parte Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 158; Hut ton v. Insurance Co., 7 Hill (N. Y.) 325; Bowen v. Insurance Co., 20 Pick. (Mass.) 276, 32 Am. Dec. 213; U. S. v. Symonds, 120 U. S. 46, 7 Sup. … [Read more...]
ASSISA
In old English and Scotch law. An assise; a kind of jury or inquest; a writ; a sitting of a court; an ordinance or statute; a fixed or specific time, number, quantity, quality, price, or weight; a tribute, fine, or tax; a real action; the name of a writ. See Assise. Assisa armornm. Assise of arms. A statute or ordinance requiring the keeping of arms for the common defense. … [Read more...]
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
The Justices in the U.S. Supreme Court other than the Chief Justice. … [Read more...]
ASSISA CADERE
To fail in the assise ; i.e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402. Assisa cadit in juratuxn. The assise falls (turns) into a jury; hence to submit a controversy to trial by jury. … [Read more...]