Allodial title Allodial title constitutes ownership of real property that is independent of any superior landlord. Allodial title is related to the concept of land held in allodium, or land ownership by occupancy and defence of the land. Most property ownership in common law jurisdictions is fee simple. In the United States, the land is subject to eminent … Continue reading Allodial title
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Annex
annex (v.) late 14c., "connect with," from Old French annexer "to join, attach" (13c.), from Medieval Latin annexare, frequentative of Latin annecetere "to bind to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + nectere "to tie, bind" (from PIE root *ned - "to bind, tie"). Usually meaning "to join in a subordinate capacity," but that notion is … Continue reading Annex
social aggregate
social aggregate
Admiralty law
Admiralty law
Archimandrite
The title archimandrite, used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monasteries, or as the abbot of some especially great and important monastery. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, "archimandrite" is most often used purely as a title of … Continue reading Archimandrite
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ANSI
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