In the civil law. An averting or turning away. A term applied to a species of sale in gross or bulk. Letting a house altogether, instead of In chambers. 4 Kent, Comm. 517. Aversio pericnli. A turning away of peril. Used of a contract of insurance. 3 Kent, Comm. 263. … [Read more...] about AVERSIO
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AVOWANT
One who makes an avowry. … [Read more...] about AVOWANT
AUTOMATIC WEAPON
A weapon that fires automatically and repeatedly while the trigger is held down so long as it still has ammunition. … [Read more...] about AUTOMATIC WEAPON
AVAILS
Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only In reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the debts. 1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1039. See Allen v. De Witt, 3 N. T. 279; McNaughton t. McNaughton, 34 N. T. 201. … [Read more...] about AVAILS
AUTOMATISM
In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who, without being actually insane, suffer from an obscuration of the mental faculties, loss of volition or of memory, or kindred affections. "Ambulatory automatism" … [Read more...] about AUTOMATISM