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antiqua  et  nova  (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>  et  noh-v<<schwa>>).  [Latin]  Hist.  Old  and  new (rights). “Antiqua  et  nova  ….  The  technical  terms  in  our  law  equivalent  to  these  Latin  terms  are, heritage  and  conquest;  heritage  (antiqua)  being  that  estate  to  which  any  one  succeeds  as  heir; conquest (nova) that which he succeeds to or acquires by purchase, gift,…

antiqua   custuma   (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>   k<<schwa>>s-t[y]oo-m<<schwa>>).   [Law   Latin “ancient customs”] Hist. A tax on wool, woolfells, and leather, under St. 3 Edw. • The distinction between antiqua custuma and nova custuma arose when the king imposed new taxes on the same articles in the 22nd year of his reign. Cf. NOVA CUSTUMA. [Blacks Law 8th]

antipiracy,adj. Copyright & trademarks. Of or pertaining to an effort to combat or discourage illegal  reproduction,  distribution,  or  use  of  copyrighted  or  trademarked  products  <an  antipiracy group>. [Blacks Law 8th]

antinomy  (an-tin-<<schwa>>-mee),  n.  A  contradiction  in  law  or  logic;  esp.,  a  conflict  of authority,  as  between  two  decisions  <antinomies  in  the  caselaw>.  —  antinomic  (an-ti-nom-ik), adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

antimanifesto.Int’l law. A proclamation in which a belligerent power asserts that the war is a defensive one for that power. [Blacks Law 8th]

antilapse  statute.Wills  &  estates.  A  statute  that  substitutes  certain  heirs  of  some  types  of testamentary benefi-ciaries when the beneficiary has predeceased the testator and permits them to take the gift, which would otherwise fail and thus pass to the residuary beneficiary (if any) or to the intestate heirs. • Under the common law and the…

anti-john law.A criminal-law statute punishing prostitutes’ customers. [Cases: Prostitution    1. C.J.S. Pros-titution and Related Offenses §§ 2–4, 8–13, 17, 21–24.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Anti-Injunction Act.A federal statute providing that a federal court may not enjoin state-court proceedings  unless  an  injunction  is  (1)  expressly  authorized  by  Congress,  (2)  necessary  for  the federal court’s in rem jurisdiction, or (3) necessary to prevent relitigation of a judgment rendered by the federal court. 28 USCA § 2283. See NORRIS–LA GUARDIA ACT. [Cases:…

anti-heartbalm statute.See HEARTBALM STATUTE. [Blacks Law 8th]

antihazing  statute.A  (usu.  criminal)  law  that  prohibits  an  organization  or  members  of  an organization from requiring a prospective member, as a condition of membership, to do or submit to any act that presents a sub-stantial risk of physical or mental harm. • In 1874 Congress passed the first antihazing statute, directed at stopping hazing by…