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annotation  (an-<<schwa>>-tay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.1.  A  brief  summary  of  the  facts  and decision in a case, esp. one involving statutory interpretation. 2. A note that explains or criticizes a source of law, usu. a case. • Annotations appear, for example, in the United States Code Annotated (USCA).  3.  A  volume  containing  such  explanatory  or  critical  notes.  4.RESCRIPT(3). …

annotatio (an-oh-tay-shee-oh). [Latin] RESCRIPT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

Anno Regni (an-oh reg-nI). [Latin] In the year of the reign. • A.R.V.R. 22, for example, is an abbreviated reference to Anno Regni Victoriae Reginae vicesimo secundo (“in the twenty-second year of the reign of Queen Victoria”). — Abbr. A.R. [Blacks Law 8th]

anno orbis conditi (an-oh or-bis kon-di-tI), n.[Latin] The year of the creation of the world. — Abbr. AOC. [Blacks Law 8th]

annonae  civiles  (<<schwa>>-noh-nee  s<<schwa>>-vI-leez),  n.[Latin]  Hist.  Yearly  rents issuing out of particular lands and payable to certain monasteries. [Blacks Law 8th]

Anno  Domini (an-oh  dom-<<schwa>>-nIor  -nee).  [Latin  “in  the  year  of  the  Lord”]  Of the modern era. • This phrase denotes the method of calculating time from the birth of Christ <A.D. 1776>. — Abbr. A.D. — Also termed Year of Our Lord. [Blacks Law 8th]

anno ante Christum natum (an-oh an-tee kris-t<<schwa>>m nay-t<<schwa>>m), adv.[Latin] In the year before the birth of Christ. — Abbr. A.A.C.N. [Blacks Law 8th]

anno ante Christum (an-oh an-tee kris-t<<schwa>>m), adv.[Latin] In the year before Christ. — Abbr. A.A.C. [Blacks Law 8th]

ann, jour, et wast (an, zhoor, ay wayst). [Law French] See YEAR, DAY, AND WASTE . [Blacks Law 8th]

anniversary date.Insurance. The annually recurring date of the initial issuance of a policy. Cf. POLICY YEAR. [Blacks Law 8th]