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auxilium  curiae  (awg-zil-ee-<<schwa>>m  kyoor-ee-Iorkyoor-ee-ee).  [Latin]  Hist.  A  court order summoning a party to appear and assist a party already before the court.[Blacks Law 8th]

auxilium  ad  filium  militem  faciendum  et  filiam  maritandam  (awg-zil-ee-<<schwa>>m  ad fil-ee-<<schwa>>m        mil-<<schwa>>-tem        fay-shee-en-d<<schwa>>m        et        fil-ee-am mar-<<schwa>>-tan-d<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law Latin]  Hist. A  writ ordering  a  sheriff  to  levy  a  tax toward the knighting of a son and the marrying of a daughter of tenants in capite of the Crown.[Blacks Law 8th]

auxilium (awg-zil-ee-<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin] Hist. Aid; esp., compulsory aid such as a tax or tribute to be paid by a vassal to a lord as an incident of the tenure by knight’s service.[Blacks Law 8th]

auxiliator (awg-zil-ee-ay-t<<schwa>>r), n.[Latin] Hist. A helper; an assistant.[Blacks Law 8th]

auxiliary jurisdiction.See assistant jurisdiction under JURISDICTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

auxiliary covenant.See COVENANT(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

auxiliary (awg-zil-y<<schwa>>-ree), adj.1. Aiding or supporting. 2. Subsidiary.[Blacks Law 8th]

autre vie (oh-tr<<schwa>> vee). [Law French] Another’s life. See PUR AUTRE VIE; VIE.[Blacks Law 8th]

autrefois (oh-tr<<schwa>>-fwahoroh-t<<schwa>>r-foyz). [Law French] On another occasion; formerly. autrefois acquit (<<schwa>>-kwitor a-kee). A  plea in bar of arraignment that the  defendant has  been  acquitted  of  the  offense.  —  Also  termed  former  acquittal.  See  DOUBLE  JEOPARDY. [Cases: Criminal Law    289–297; Double Jeopardy    100.1. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 381–383.] “Suppose that a transgressor is charged and acquitted…

autre  droit  (oh-tr<<schwa>>  drwah).  [Law  French]  In  right  of  another.  •  This  phrase describes the manner in which a trustee holds property for a beneficiary.[Blacks Law 8th]