My friends - We will close out this week's data posting with another in the Tips series. In the past we have looked at different segments of terminology in use the last two centuries. In this Tip, we will concentrate on legal terms that we see if old court documents and other situations connected with the law. Those shown below will be in the "A"'s. As a side note, your Planning Committee for the JP Homecoming 2000 event will have its first meeting next Wednesday evening via chat room, to begin the early planning for the festivities. Those of you in the special JP Homecoming mail out group will receive updates about what is occurring. As always, there will be no data posts per se over the weekend, although I may drop by with another miscellaneous file, if time permits. I will be travelling around this area all day tomorrow, doing cemetery cleanup and some other duties, so time may not permit anything in the way of data over this particular weekend. I'll see how it all goes and get something done if I can. I hope your weekend will be rewarding - and restful. -B ============================================================ 18th & 19th Century Terminology - Legal terms Beginning With the Letter "A" abase - to lower or bring down(sometimes seen in depositions) abate - end, cease, terminate abjure - disavow, disassociate or swear never to return abstract - a summary accola - a tenant farmer or an individual living near a well known landmark abuttal - a mark or boundary between two points abrogate - reduce, appeal, annul or abolish acknowledgement - a statement under oath made by an individual who swears that a signature on a document is his/hers, thereby validating the legality of the document ad hoc locum - at this place ad interim - in the meanwhile ad litem - literally, for the lawsuit - seen in situations in which someone is placed in an official position only for the term of a particular set of legal circumstances administration pendite lite: partial administration of an estate until a pending lawsuit challenging the will can be resolved. administration de bonis non(or dbn) - the continuation of the administration of an estate by a new administrator, due to the death of the prior administrator before the estate was settled. Often seen in 18th and 19th century estate settlements. administration cum testamento annexo - generally, the naming of an administrator for an estate in which a will is present, but no executor was named, or the executor refuses to perform the work, or has died. adminicle - evidence presented to in an explanatory or corroborative fashion. age of reason - the age when a child is believed to be able to act in a responsible manner. Often this is at age 10 or 12, but can be even earlier. age of discretion - the age at which a child can be considered mature enough to choose his own guardian or the person to whom he might be apprenticed - this is often at the age of 14. age of contractibility - an age limit set on marriage, below which a child cannot marry, whether there is parental consent or not, except in cases in which the female is pregnant. This is often age 13, but it varies. after kindred - remote relatives - sometimes seen in colonial wills ahl - ad hoc locum - which see agreage - to accuse or allege ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++