An inclosed yard or opening In a house; an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit. Pr. 176. In the civil law. A vacant space In a city; a place not built upon. Dig. 50, 16, 211. The site of a house; a site for building; the space where a house has stood. The ground on which a house is built, and which remains after the house is removed. Bris sonius; Calvin. … [Read more...] about AREA
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APROVECHAMIENTO
In Spanish law. Approvement, or improvement and enjoyment of public lands. As applied to pueblo lands, it has particular reference to the commons, and Includes not only the actual enjoyment of them but a right to such enjoyment. Hart v. Burnett, 15 CaL 530, 566. … [Read more...] about APROVECHAMIENTO
ARATOR
A plow man; a farmer of arable land. … [Read more...] about ARATOR
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
An agreement or contract between parties to settle a matter in an arbitration proceeding. … [Read more...] about ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
APT
Fit; suitable; appropriate. Apt time. Apt time sometimes depends upon lapse of time; as, where a thing is required to be done at the first term, or within a given time, it cannot be done afterwards. But the phrase more usually refers to the order of proceedings, as fit or suitable. Pugh v. York, 74 N. C. 383 Apt words. Words proper to produce the legal effect for which they are … [Read more...] about APT