Law Dictionary Definitions

adequate assurance.See ASSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adequate,adj. Legally sufficient <adequate notice>.[Blacks Law 8th]

adequacy test.See IRREPARABLE-INJURY RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adeo (ad-ee-oh). [Latin] So; as. ADEQUACY OF DISCLOSURE adequacy   of   disclosure.Patents.   Satisfaction   of   the   statutory   requirements   that   the specification in a patent application (1) gives enough detailed information to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the claimed invention (the enablement requirement); (2) discloses the best way  the  inventor  knows  to  make …

ademption  (<<schwa>>-demp-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  Wills  &  estates.  The  destruction  or extinction of a testamentary gift by reason of a bequeathed asset’s ceasing to be part of the estate at the time of the testator’s death; a beneficiary’s forfeiture of a legacy or bequest that is no longer operative. • There are two theories of ademption. Under…

ademptio (<<schwa>>-demp-shee-oh), n.[Latin] Roman law. Ademption. • The term referred to the revocation of a legacy under certain circumstances, as when the item bequeathed no longer existed or when the testator no longer owned the item. The ablative form ademptione means “by ademption.” Pl. ademptiones (<<schwa>>-demp-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks Law 8th]

ad effectum sequentem (ad i-fek-t<<schwa>>m si-kwen-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] To the effect following. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad effectum (ad i-fek-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] To the effect. [Blacks Law 8th]

adeem,vb. To revoke or satisfy (a willed gift) by some other gift. [Blacks Law 8th]

ADEA.abbr.AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]