Law Dictionary Definitions

adscripti  glebae  (ad-skrip-tIglee-bee),  n.[Latin  “(tenants)  tied  to  the  soil”]  Roman  law. Tenants or serfs bound to the land. • If the land was conveyed, the serfs were conveyed along with it. — Also termed glebae ascriptitii. [Blacks Law 8th]

adscendentes (ad-sen-den-teez), n. pl.[Latin] Civil law. Ascendants. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  satisfaciendum  (ad  sat-is-fay-shee-en-d<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  To  satisfy.  See  capias  ad satisfaciendum under CAPIAS. [Blacks Law 8th]

ads.abbr.AD SECTAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

adrogation  (ad-roh-gay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.[fr.  Latin  arrogatio  (a-roh-gay-shee-oh)]  Roman law.  An  adoption  of  a  person  of  full  capacity  (sui  juris)  into  another  family.  —  Also  termed adrogatio (ad-roh-gay-shee-oh). Cf. ADOPTION (3). — adrogate,vb. “When  the  person  to  be  adopted  was  sui juris,  and  not in  the  power  of  a  paterfamilias, the ceremony of adoption was called adrogatio.”…

adrogate  (ad-roh-gayt),  vb.  Roman  law.  (Of  a  man)  to  adopt  a  son  or  daughter  who  is  not already under another father’s power (patria potestas). • Daughters became eligible for adoption in the later Empire. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad rimandam veritatem (ad ri-man-d<<schwa>>m ver-i-tay-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. For the investigation of the truth. • Parol testimony was sometimes allowed ad rimandam veritatem. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  respondendum  (ad  ree-spon-den-d<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  To  answer.  See  capias  ad respondendum under CAPIAS; habeas corpus ad respondendum under HABEAS CORPUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad   reprimendam   improbitatem   huius   generis   hominum   (ad   rep-ri-men-d<<schwa>>m im-proh-bi-tay-t<<schwa>>m     hI-<<schwa>>s     [or     hwI-<<schwa>>s]     jen-<<schwa>>-ris hom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  Hist. To  repress the  dishonesty  of  this class  of  men.  • The phrase appeared in reference to obligations that the law imposed on certain persons (such as innkeepers)  because  they  were  in  a  unique  position  to  receive  and  misappropriate  valuables…

ad   reparationem   et   sustentationem   (ad   rep-<<schwa>>-ray-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m   et s<<schwa>>-sten-tay-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m),  adv.[Law  Latin]  For  repairing  and  keeping  in suitable condition. [Blacks Law 8th]