For repairing and keeping In suitable condition
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For answer-ing; to make answer; words used in certain writs employed for bringing a person before the court to make answer in defense in a proceeding. Thus there is a capias ad respondendum, q. v.; also a habeas corpus ad respondendum
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A technical expression in the old records of the Excheq-uer, signifying, to put to the bar and in-terrogate as to a charge made; to arraign on a trial
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To recog-nlze. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, | 12. Formal words in old writs
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The name of a writ formerly issuing from the English chan-cery, commanding the sheriff to make ln-quiry “to what damage” a specified act. If done, will tend. Ad quod damnum is a writ which ought to be sued before the king grants certain liberties, as a fair, market, or such like, which may be prejudicial to others, and thereby it should be inquired
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To which there was no answer. A phrase used in the reports, where a point advanced in argument by one party was not denied by the other; or where a point or argument of counsel was not met or noticed by the court; or where an objection was met by the court, and not replied to by the counsel who raised it. 3 Coke. 9; 4 Coke, 40.
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To which. A term used in the computation of time or distance, as cor-relative to a quo; denotes the end or termi-nal point. See A Quo
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To whlch the court agreed. Yearb. P. 20 Hen. VI. 27.
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Lat. For pious (re-llgious or charitable) uses or purposes. Used with reference to gifts and bequests
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To show. Form-al words in old writs, fleta, lib. 4, c. 65, t 12
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At the door of the church, one of the five species of dower formerly recognized by the English law. 1 washb. Real Prop.‘149; 2 BL Comm. 132
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Accustomed to bite. Cro. Car. 254. A material averment in declarations for* damage done by a dog to persons or animals. 1 Chit Pl. 888 ; 2 Chit. Pl. 597
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To the nuisance, or annoyance. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, 8 19. Ad nocumentum liberi tenementi sui, to the nuisance of his freehold. Formal words in the old assise of nuisance. 3 BL Comm. 221
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A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See 45 Law J. Q-B. 711
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At hand; ready for use. Bt querens sectam habeat ad manum; and the plaintiff immediately have hls suit ready. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 44, | 2
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For gain or loss. Emphatic words in the old warrants of attorney. Reg. orig. 21, et seq. Sometimes expressed in English, “to lose and gain.”' Plowd. 201
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At large; at liberty; free, or unconflned. Ire ad largum, to go at large. Plowd. 37
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For the sult; for the pur-poses of the suit; pending the suit A guard* ian ad litem is a guardian appointed to prosecute or defend a suit on behalf of a party Incapacitated by infancy or otherwise
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To the rights of the king; a wrlt which was brought by the king's clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavored to eject him, to the prejudice of the king’s title. Reg. wrlts, 61
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In the mean time. An oflicer ad interim is one appointed to fill a temporary vacancy, or to discharge the du-tles of the office during the absence or temporary incapacity of its regular incumbent
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