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ancestral debt.See DEBT. [Blacks Law 8th]

ancestor,n.  A  person  from  whom  an  estate  has  passed;  ASCENDANT.  •  This  word  is  the correlative of heir. Cf. HEIR(1). common ancestor.A person to whom the ancestry of two or more persons is traced. [Blacks Law 8th]

anatomical gift.See GIFT. [Blacks Law 8th]

anatocism (<<schwa>>-nat-<<schwa>>-siz-<<schwa>>m), n.[fr. Greek anatokismos “to lend on  interest  again”]  Rare.  1.  Compound  interest.  See  compound  interest  under  INTEREST(3).2. The practice of compounding interest. [Blacks Law 8th]

anathema   (<<schwa>>-nath-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>),   n.   An   ecclesiastical   curse   that prohibits a person from receiving communion (as in excommunication) and bars the person from contact with members of the church. — anathematize,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

anarchy,n.1. Absence of government; lawlessness. 2. A sociopolitical theory holding that the only legitimate form of government is one under which individuals govern themselves voluntarily, free from any collective power structure enforcing compliance with social order. — anarchic,adj. criminal anarchy.A doctrine advocating the  overthrow  of organized  government by force  or violence,  by  assas-sinating  a  head …

anarchist,n.  One  who  advocates  the  overthrow  of  organized  government  by  force  or  who believes in the absence of government as a political ideal. — anarchism (the philosophy), n. [Blacks Law 8th]

analytical jurisprudence.See JURISPRUDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

analogous  use.  1.Patents. The application  of  a  process already  known  in  one  field  of  art to produce a similar result in another field. • Unless the  fields are so  unrelated  or the  outcomes so different as to produce a novel, useful, and nonobvious result, an analogous use is not patentable. 2.Trademarks.  The  use  of  a …

analogous art. See ART. [Blacks Law 8th]