Category: Black’s Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

L. Lat Attachment Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act or process of taking, apprehending, or seizing persons or property, by virtue of a writ, summons, or other judicial order, […]

To take or apprehend by com-mandment of a writ or precept. Buckeye Pipe-Line Co. v. Fee, 62 ohio St. 543, 57 N. […]

A person attached to the suite of an ambassador or to a foreign lega-tion Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The brother of a great-grandfather’s grandfather Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In maritime law. A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles, or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position of a […]

The tackle or rigging of a ship; the harness or tackle of a plow. Spel-man Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A great-grandfather's grandmother’s sister, (ataviae soror;) called by Bracton “atmatertcra magna” Bract, fob 6Sb Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

One who does not believe in the existence of a God. Gibson v. Insurance Co., 37 N. Y. 584; Thurston v. Whitney, […]

Hatred or ill-will. See De Odio cr Atia Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The great-grandfather’s or great-grandmother’s grandfather; a fourth grandfather. The ascendlng line of llneal ancestry runs thus: Pater, Avus, Proavus, Abacus, Atavus, Tritavus. […]

In Saxon law. An oath; the pow-er or privllege of exacting aud admlnister-ing an oath. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In the clvll law. A great-grandmother’s grandmother Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The brother of a great-grandfather’s grandmother Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099. See […]

In the clvll law. A great-great-great-grandfather’s sister Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

(1) Not limited to any par-tlcular place, district, person, matter, or ques-tiou. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious […]

According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is doue in or according to equity; or […]

1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be […]

Before the court "The case ttt bur,” etc. Dyer, 31 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by oue iu the king’s lattice. The offender was to replace the dam-age […]

A house, or place of habita-tion. Bract, fol. 267b; Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. To assign to a particular mill Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A servitude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must he carried to a certaiu mill to be […]

In old Engllsh iaw. A householder; belonging to the house; a per-son in actual possession of a house Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]