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academy. 1. An institution of higher learning. 2. An association dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in a particular field, such as the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. 3. A private  high  school.  4.  (cap.)  A  garden  near  Athens  where  Plato  taught;  hence,  the  school  of philosophy that he led. [Blacks Law 8th]

Académie    de    Droit    International    de    La    Haye.See    HAGUE    ACADEMY    OF INTERNATIONAL LAW . [Blacks Law 8th]

academic lawyer.A law professor, usu. one who maintains a law practice on the side.[Blacks Law 8th]

academic  freedom.The  right (esp.  of  a  university  teacher)  to  speak  freely  about political  or ideological  issues  without  fear  of  loss  of  position  or  other  reprisal.  [Cases:  Colleges  and Universities    8.1(3). C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 25.] [Blacks Law 8th]

academic,adj.1. Of or relating to a school or a field of study; esp., of or relating to a field of study  that  is  not  vocational  or  commercial,  such  as  the  liberal  arts  <academic  courses>.2. Theoretical; specif., not practical or immediately useful <academic question>. [Blacks Law 8th]

a/c.abbr.ACCOUNT(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

abutting foot.See FRONT FOOT. [Blacks Law 8th]

abutter (<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>t-<<schwa>>r).1. The owner of adjoining land; one whose property  abuts  another’s.  [Cases:  Adjoining  Landowners    1.C.J.S.  Adjoining  Landowners  §§  2, 6–8, 39.] “The  major  right  of  [an  abutter]  is  that  of  access  to  his  property  —  a  right  of  reasonable ingress  and  egress.  He  is  entitled  to  compensation  for  any  substantial  impairment  of  this reasonable…

abuttals (<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>t-<<schwa>>lz). Land boundaries; the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to other contiguous lands. — Also termed (archaically) buttals. [Blacks Law 8th]

abut  (<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>t),  vb.  To  join  at  a  border  or  boundary;  to  share  a  common boundary with <the company’s land in Arizona abuts the Navajo Indian reservation>. — abutment (<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>t-m<<schwa>>nt), [Blacks Law 8th]