Law Dictionary Definitions

ad  comparendum  (ad  kom-p<<schwa>>-ren-d<<schwa>>m),  vb.[Law  Latin]  To  appear.  • This term is part of the larger phrase ad comparendum, et ad standum juri (“to appear and to stand to the law”). — Also termed (in standard Latin) ad comparandum. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  commune  nocumentum  (ad  k<<schwa>>-myoo-nee nok-y<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m), adv.[Law Latin] To the common nuisance. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  communem  legem  (ad  k<<schwa>>-myoo-n<<schwa>>m  lee-j<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law Latin “to common law”] Hist. A writ of entry available after the death of a life tenant to recover a reversionary interest in land alienated by the tenant. — Also termed entry ad communem legem. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad   colligendum   bona   defuncti   (ad   kol-i-jen-d<<schwa>>m   boh-n<<schwa>>   di-f<< schwa>>ngk-tI).  [Law  Latin  “for  collecting  the  goods  of  the  deceased”]  Special  letters  of administration authorizing a person to collect and preserve a decedent’s property. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad colligendum (ad kol-i-jen-d<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] For collecting < administrator ad colligendum>. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad coelum et ad inferos.[Law Latin] Up to the sky and down to the center of the earth <the ownership of land extends ad coelum et ad inferos>.

ad  coelum  doctrine.The  common-law  rule  that  a  landowner  holds  everything  above  and below  the  land,  up  to  the  sky  and  down  to  the  earth’s  core,  including  all  minerals.  •  This  rule governs  ownership  of  “hard”  (immovable)  minerals  such  as  coal,  but  not  “fugacious”  (volatile) minerals such as oil and gas. Cf. RULE OF CAPTURE. [Blacks Law…

ad  civilem  effectum  (ad  s<<schwa>>-vI-l<<schwa>>m  e-fek-t<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin] Hist. As to the civil effect. • The phrase appeared in reference to the effect of an act in a civil case, as distinguished from the effect of the same act in a criminal case. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad cautelam ex superabundanti.See AD ABUNDANTIOREM CAUTELAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

ad  captum  vulgi  (ad  kap-t<<schwa>>m  v<<schwa>>l-jI).  [Law  Latin]  Adapted  to  the common  understanding.  •  The  phrase  appeared  in  reference  to  statutes  concerning  matters  that people usu. handled without legal assistance. [Blacks Law 8th]