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a posteriori (ay pos-teer-ee-or-Ior ah pos-teer-ee-or-ee), adv.[Latin “from what comes after”] Inductively; from the particular to the general, or from known effects to their inferred causes <as a legal analyst, she reasoned a posteriori — from countless individual cases to generalized rules that she finally applied>. Cf. A PRIORI. — a posteriori,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

apostate (<<schwa>>-pos-tayt). A person who has forsaken religion or a particular religion. — Also termed (archaically) apostata (ap-<<schwa>>-stay-t<<schwa>>). [Blacks Law 8th]

apostata capiendo.See DE APOSTATA CAPIENDO. [Blacks Law 8th]

apostasy (<<schwa>>-pos-t<<schwa>>-see).1.Hist. A crime against religion consisting in the total  renunciation  of  Christianity  by  one  who  had  previously  embraced  it.  2.Eccles.  law. Abandonment of religious vows without dispensation. [Blacks Law 8th]

apographa  (<<schwa>>-pog-r<<schwa>>-f<<schwa>>),  n.  pl.[fr.  Greek  apographein  “to copy”] 1.Civil law. An examination and enumeration of things possessed; an inventory. 2. Copies; transcripts. — apographal,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

apocrisarius  (<<schwa>>-pok-ri-sair-ee-<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin]  Hist.  Eccles.  law.  1.  An ambassador;  a  mes-senger,  such  as  a  Pope’s  legate.  2.  One  who  answers  for  another;  esp.,  an officer who presented church matters to the emperor and conveyed the answers to the petitioners. 3. One who, upon consultation, gives advice in eccle-siastical matters. — Also termed responsalis; a responsis;…

apocha  trium  annorum  (ap-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>  trI-<<schwa>>m  <<schwa>>-nor-<< schwa>>m).  [Latin  “receipt  for  three  years”]  Scots  law.  Hist.  Receipts  for  three  consecutive periodic payments, the production of which gave rise to a presumption that prior installments had been properly paid. “The  production  by  the  debtor  of  receipts  for  the  last  three  consecutive  installments  of  a termly payment, such…

apochae  oneratoriae  (ap-<<schwa>>-kee  oh-n<<schwa>>r-ay-tor-ee-ee).  [Law  Latin  “cargo receipt”] Hist. Bills of lading. [Blacks Law 8th]

apocha (ap-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>).Roman & civil law. A receipt acknowledging payment. •  An  apocha  discharges  only  the  obligation  represented  by  the  payment,  in  contrast  to  an acceptilation,  which  discharges  an  entire  debt.  —  Also  spelled  apoca.  Cf.  ACCEPTILATION; ANTAPOCHA. [Blacks Law 8th]

APJ.abbr.See administrative patent judge under JUDGE. [Blacks Law 8th]