Law Dictionary Definitions

adnotatio  (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  A  note  written  in  the  margin  of  a document;  esp.,  the  reply  of  the  emperor  in  his  own  hand  to  a  petition  addressed  to  him.  Pl. adnotationes (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh-neez). See RESCRIPT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

ad non executa (ad non ek-s<<schwa>>-kyoo-t<<schwa>>), adv.[Latin] Hist. For the things not executed (as by an executor). [Blacks Law 8th]

ad nocumentum (ad nok-yoo-men-t<<schwa>>m), adv.[Law Latin] Hist. To the nuisance; to the hurt or injury. [Blacks Law 8th]

adnihilare (ad-nI-h<<schwa>>-lair-ee), vb.[Law Latin] Hist. To annul; to make void. [Blacks Law 8th]

adneptis (ad-nep-tis), n.[Latin] Hist. A great-great-granddaughter. [Blacks Law 8th]

adnepos (ad-nep-ohs), n.[Latin] Hist. A great-great-grandson. [Blacks Law 8th]

admortization  (ad-mor-t<<schwa>>-zay-sh<<schwa>>n).Hist.  The  reduction  of  property  of lands or tenements to mortmain. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad   mordendum   assuetus   (ad   mor-den-d<<schwa>>m   <<schwa>>-swee-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Law Latin] Hist. Accustomed to bite. • This phrase was a common charge in a declaration of damage done by a dog to a person or to another animal. [Blacks Law 8th]

admonitio   trina   (ad-m<<schwa>>-nish-ee-oh   trI-n<<schwa>>),   n.[Law   Latin   “triple warning”] Hist. A threefold warning advising a defendant charged with a capital crime that refusal to answer questions about the offense would in itself be considered a capital crime punishable by death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE . [Blacks Law 8th]

admonition  (ad-m<<schwa>>-nish-<<schwa>>n),  n.1.  Any  authoritative  advice  or  caution from  the  court  to  the  jury  regarding  their  duty  as  jurors  or  the  admissibility  of  evidence  for consideration <the judge’s admonition that the jurors not discuss the case until they are charged>. [Cases: Criminal  Law    852; Trial    133.6. C.J.S. Criminal  Law § 1371; Trial§§ 331–332.] 2.  A…