Law Dictionary Definitions

adjourn   (<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>rn),   vb.   Parliamentary   law.   To   end   or   postpone   (a proceeding). Cf. RECESS(2). “A motion to recess suspends the current meeting until a later time; the unqualified motion to adjourn terminates the meeting. When an assembly reconvenes following a recess, it resumes the meeting  at  the  point  where  it  was  interrupted  by  the  motion  to …

adjoining owner.See OWNER. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjoining    (<<schwa>>-joyn-ing),    adj.    Touching;    sharing    a    common    boundary; CONTIGUOUS.   Cf.   ADJACENT.   [Cases:   Adjoining   Landowners      1.   C.J.S.   Adjoining Landowners §§ 2, 6–8, 39.] — adjoin (<<schwa>>-joyn), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjective   law   (aj-ik-tiv).   The   body   of   rules   governing   procedure   and   practice; PROCEDURAL  LAW. — Also termed adjectival law. [Cases: Action    1.C.J.S. Actions §§ 2–9, 11, 17, 21, 32–33, 36.] “The body of law in a State consists of two parts, substantive and adjective law. The former prescribes those rules of civil conduct which declare the…

adjectio     dominii     per     continuationem     possessionis    (<<schwa>>-jek-shee-oh     d<< schwa>>-min-ee-I      p<<schwa>>r      k<<schwa>>n-tin-yoo-ay-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m      p<< schwa>>-zes[h]-ee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. The acquisition of the right to property ownership by  continued  possession.  •  This  acquisition  is  otherwise  known  as  usucapio  or  acquisitive prescription. See USUCAPIO; adequate prescription under PRESCRIPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

adject (a-jekt), adj. To annex or adjoin. — adject,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjacent,adj. Lying near or close to, but not necessarily touching. Cf. ADJOINING. [Blacks Law 8th]

aditio  hereditatis (<<schwa>>-dish-ee-oh  h<<schwa>>-red-i-tay-tis). [Latin “entering  on an inheritance”]  Roman  law.  An  heir’s  acceptance  of  an  inheritance.  —  Also  spelled  aditio haereditatis. See CRETION. [Blacks Law 8th]

aditio (<<schwa>>-dish-ee-oh), n. Hist. An outsider’s informal acceptance of heirship. [Blacks Law 8th]

adiratus (ad-<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Law Latin] Hist. Lost; strayed; removed. [Blacks Law 8th]