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adnepos (ad-nep-ohs), n.[Latin] Hist. A great-great-grandson. [Blacks Law 8th]

admortization  (ad-mor-t<<schwa>>-zay-sh<<schwa>>n).Hist.  The  reduction  of  property  of lands or tenements to mortmain. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad   mordendum   assuetus   (ad   mor-den-d<<schwa>>m   <<schwa>>-swee-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Law Latin] Hist. Accustomed to bite. • This phrase was a common charge in a declaration of damage done by a dog to a person or to another animal. [Blacks Law 8th]

admonitio   trina   (ad-m<<schwa>>-nish-ee-oh   trI-n<<schwa>>),   n.[Law   Latin   “triple warning”] Hist. A threefold warning advising a defendant charged with a capital crime that refusal to answer questions about the offense would in itself be considered a capital crime punishable by death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE . [Blacks Law 8th]

admonition  (ad-m<<schwa>>-nish-<<schwa>>n),  n.1.  Any  authoritative  advice  or  caution from  the  court  to  the  jury  regarding  their  duty  as  jurors  or  the  admissibility  of  evidence  for consideration <the judge’s admonition that the jurors not discuss the case until they are charged>. [Cases: Criminal  Law    852; Trial    133.6. C.J.S. Criminal  Law § 1371; Trial§§ 331–332.] 2.  A…

admixture  (ad-miks-ch<<schwa>>r).1.  The  mixing  of  things.  2.  A  substance  formed  by mixing. [Blacks Law 8th]

admittendo  in  socium  (ad-mi-ten-doh  in  soh-shee-<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  Hist.  A  writ  for associating certain persons, such as knights, to justices of assize on the circuit. [Blacks Law 8th]

admittendo     clerico     (ad-mi-ten-doh     kler-<<schwa>>-koh).     See     DE     CLERICO ADMITTENDO . [Blacks Law 8th]

admitted corporation.See CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

admitted asset.See ASSET. [Blacks Law 8th]