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Dictionary of Law Terms: Abjudication

Abjudication. In England, the act of giving judgment, as, for instance, when a bankruptcy judge finds a party bankrupt, it is called the Abjudication. In Scotland it is applied to the law whereby a creditor attaches the property of his debtor, and has different significations, according to the nature of the property attached. Administrator. He that has the goods of a person dying without a will (or without thereby appointing an executor) committed to his care, for the purpose of legal distribution. The wife or husband surviving, first, and then the nearest of kin is entitled to administration.

Affidavit. A written statement upon oath. It must be sworn before a person authorized to administer oaths: who that is, depends upon what the affidavit relates to. The same officer is not usually empowered to administer oaths for all purposes. Affinity. Relation by marriage between the husband or wife and the blood relations of either; but not between the husband and wife themselves. Affirmation. A solemn declaration in lieu of an oath. Agent. A person appointed to do an act for another. The act, when performed, is, in law, the act of the principal; the maxim being "what one does by another he does himself."