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adjustable-rate mortgage.See MORTGAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjust,vb.1. To determine the amount that an insurer will pay an insured to cover a loss. 2. To arrive  at  a  new  agreement  with  a  creditor  for  the  payment  of  a  debt.  [Cases:  Insurance    3234. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 1345–1347.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  adjure  (<<schwa>>-juur),  vb.  To  charge  or  entreat  solemnly  <the  President  adjured  the foreign government to join the alliance>. — adjuration (aj-<< schwa>>-ray-sh<<schwa>>n), n. — adjuratory         (<<schwa>>-juur-<<schwa>>-tor-ee),         adj.         —         adjurer,         adjuror (<<schwa>>-juur-<<schwa>>r), n. [Blacks Law 8th]

  adjuration   (aj-<<schwa>>-ray-sh<<schwa>>n),   n.1.   The   act   of   solemnly   charging   or entreating. 2. A swearing; a solemn oath. [Blacks Law 8th]

    ad jura regis (ad joor-<<schwa>> ree-jis), n.[Law Latin “for the rights of the king”] Hist. A writ  brought  against  a  person  seeking  to  eject  the  holder  of  a  royal  benefice.  •  The  writ  was available to the holder of the benefice. [Blacks Law 8th]

  ad  jungendum  auxilium  (ad  j<<schwa>>n-jen-d<<schwa>>m  awg-zil-ee-<<schwa>>m), vb.[Law Latin] To join in aid. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjunctum  accessorium  (<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>ngk-t<<schwa>>m ak-s<<schwa>>-sor-ee-<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin] An accessory or appurtenance. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjunction (<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>ngk-sh<<schwa>>n).1. The act of adding to. 2.Civil law. The union of an item of personal property owned by one person with that owned by another. See ACCESSION(4). [Cases: Ac-cession    1.C.J.S. Accession §§ 2–8.] [Blacks Law 8th]  

adjunct account.See ACCOUNT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjunct  (aj-<<schwa>>ngkt),  adj.  Added  as  an  accompanying  object  or  circumstance; attached in a subordinate or temporary capacity <an adjunct professor>. — adjunct,n. [Blacks Law 8th]