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adsessor (ad-ses-<<schwa>>r), n.[Latin] 1.Roman law. A legally qualified assistant or adviser to a judge. 2.Hist. Assessor. • This was a title of a master in chancery. — Also spelled assessor. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad sectam (ad sek-t<<schwa>>m), adj.[Law Latin] At the suit of. • This term, in abbreviated form, was used in indexing the names of cases by defendant — for example, “B ads. A” if B is the defendant. — Abbr. ads.; adsm. [Blacks Law 8th]

  adscriptus glebae (ad-skrip-tuus glee-bee). [Latin “(a tenant) tied to the soil”] Roman law. A tenant or serf bound to the land. • If the land was conveyed, the serfs were conveyed along with it, but  in  other  respects  they  were  free  citizens.  —  Also  termed  glebae  ascriptitius.  Pl.  adscripti glebae. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscriptus (ad-skrip-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Latin] Roman law. 1. Added, annexed, or bound by or in writing; enrolled or registered. 2. Bound, as in servus colonae adscriptus (a tenant bound to an  estate  as  a  cultivator)  or  fundus adscriptus  (an  estate  bound  to  or  burdened  with  a  duty).  — Also spelled ascriptus; ascriptitius. See ADSCRIPTUS GLEBAE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscriptitius  (ad-skrip-tish-ee-<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  A  supernumerary citizen or soldier. 2. A tenant bound to the land. — Also spelled adscripticius; ascripticius. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscripti  glebae  (ad-skrip-tIglee-bee),  n.[Latin  “(tenants)  tied  to  the  soil”]  Roman  law. Tenants or serfs bound to the land. • If the land was conveyed, the serfs were conveyed along with it. — Also termed glebae ascriptitii. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscendentes (ad-sen-den-teez), n. pl.[Latin] Civil law. Ascendants. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  satisfaciendum  (ad  sat-is-fay-shee-en-d<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  To  satisfy.  See  capias  ad satisfaciendum under CAPIAS. [Blacks Law 8th]

ads.abbr.AD SECTAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

adrogation  (ad-roh-gay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.[fr.  Latin  arrogatio  (a-roh-gay-shee-oh)]  Roman law.  An  adoption  of  a  person  of  full  capacity  (sui  juris)  into  another  family.  —  Also  termed adrogatio (ad-roh-gay-shee-oh). Cf. ADOPTION (3). — adrogate,vb. “When  the  person  to  be  adopted  was  sui juris,  and  not in  the  power  of  a  paterfamilias, the ceremony of adoption was called adrogatio.”…