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ad  quod  non  fuit responsum  (ad  kwod  non  fyoo-it ri-spon-s<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin]  To which there was no answer. • This phrase was used in law reports to indicate an unresponded-to argument or objection. [Blacks Law 8th]

  ad  quod  damnum  (ad  kwod  dam-n<<schwa>>m).  [Latin  “to  what  damage”]  Hist.  A  writ directing the sheriff to inquire of jurors under oath to what damage a grant (as of a fair, market, liberty,  or other franchise) would be to  various people if the  king were to  make the grant. • The writ was issuable…

ad quod curia concordavit (ad kwod kyoor-ee-<<schwa>> kon-kor-day-vit). [Law Latin] To which the court agreed. [Blacks Law 8th]

  ad  quem  (ad  kwem),  adv.[Latin]  To  whom.  • This term  is used  as  a  correlative  to  a  quo  in computation  of  time  or  distance.  For  example,  the  terminus  a  quo  is  the  point  of  beginning  or departure; the terminus ad quem is the end of the period or point of arrival. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad   quaerimoniam   (ad   kweer-<<schwa>>-moh-nee-<<schwa>>m),   adv.[Law   Latin]   On complaint of. [Blacks Law 8th]

  ad  punctum  temporis  (ad  p<<schwa>>ngk-t<<schwa>>m  tem-p<<schwa>>-ris),  adv.[Law Latin] At the point of time. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad prosequendam (ad prahs-<<schwa>>-kwen-d<<schwa>>m), vb.[Law Latin] To prosecute. [Blacks Law 8th]

  adpromissor (ad-prom-is-<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin] Roman law. A surety for a debtor under a promise by stipulation. See ADPROMISSION. [Blacks Law 8th]

  adpromission (ad-pr<<schwa>>-mish-<<schwa>>n). [fr. Latin adpromissio] Roman law. 1. A suretyship contract in which the surety promises to be liable for no more than the debtor owes. • Roman law had three types of adpromission: (1) sponsion; (2) fidepromission; and (3) fidejussion. In addition, mandatum and pactum de con-stitutio could indirectly be used by way…

  ad  pristinum  statum  (ad  pris-ti-n<<schwa>>m  stay-t<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  Hist.  To  its pristine condition.[Blacks Law 8th]