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ad  tentandas  vires  haereditatis (ad  ten-tan-d<<schwa>>s  vI-reez  h<<schwa>>-red-i-tay-tis). [Latin] Hist. For the purpose of testing the strength of the inheritance. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad        sustinenda        onera        matrimonii        (ad        s<<schwa>>s-ti-nen-d<<schwa>> on-<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>> ma-tr<<schwa>>-moh-nee-I). [Latin] Scots law. To bear the burdens or expenses of the married state. • The phrase appeared in reference to the purpose for which the dowry was used. [Blacks Law 8th]

adstipulator  (ad-stip-y<<schwa>>-lay-t<<schwa>>r),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  An  additional party to a contract who could enforce the contract along with the principal (i.e., the stipulator). • An  adstipulator  who  enforced  an  agreement  would  have  to,  in  turn,  pay  the  stipulator.  An adstipulator was brought in to avoid the rule that a person could not directly stipulate for…

adsm.abbr.AD SECTAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad similes casus (ad sim-<<schwa>>-leez kay-s<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. To like cases. See CONSIMILI CASU. [Blacks Law 8th]

adsessor (ad-ses-<<schwa>>r), n.[Latin] 1.Roman law. A legally qualified assistant or adviser to a judge. 2.Hist. Assessor. • This was a title of a master in chancery. — Also spelled assessor. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad sectam (ad sek-t<<schwa>>m), adj.[Law Latin] At the suit of. • This term, in abbreviated form, was used in indexing the names of cases by defendant — for example, “B ads. A” if B is the defendant. — Abbr. ads.; adsm. [Blacks Law 8th]

  adscriptus glebae (ad-skrip-tuus glee-bee). [Latin “(a tenant) tied to the soil”] Roman law. A tenant or serf bound to the land. • If the land was conveyed, the serfs were conveyed along with it, but  in  other  respects  they  were  free  citizens.  —  Also  termed  glebae  ascriptitius.  Pl.  adscripti glebae. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscriptus (ad-skrip-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Latin] Roman law. 1. Added, annexed, or bound by or in writing; enrolled or registered. 2. Bound, as in servus colonae adscriptus (a tenant bound to an  estate  as  a  cultivator)  or  fundus adscriptus  (an  estate  bound  to  or  burdened  with  a  duty).  — Also spelled ascriptus; ascriptitius. See ADSCRIPTUS GLEBAE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscriptitius  (ad-skrip-tish-ee-<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  A  supernumerary citizen or soldier. 2. A tenant bound to the land. — Also spelled adscripticius; ascripticius. [Blacks Law 8th]