ADM 



ADO 



toils of the duty of the army \vitli the- bri- 

 gade majors, :uul - :countof the 

 slate of each brigade and regiment. In 

 i In- day of battle lie sets the infantry 

 draw 11 tip, aft<-r which he places himself 

 by the- side ' ;:!, to receive or- 



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!i urdi rs, and lias 

 .eh brigade to carry any 

 v iiich lie ir.ay hv, < to send. 



ADMI. AM K'l.MKNT, in law, a writ for 

 adjusting the shares of something to be 

 divided. Thus, admeasurement of dower 

 . when tin- widow of the <lc- 

 claiins more as her dower than 

 what of right belongs to her. And ad- 

 measurement of pasture may be obtained, 

 when any of the persons who have right 

 in a common pasture puts more cattle to 

 feed on it than he ought. 



\DMI\iSTKATOK, in law, the per- 

 son to whom the goods, effects, or estate 

 of one who died intestate are entrusted ; 

 for which he is to be accountable when 

 required. 



Tlie bishop of the diocese, where the 

 par\ dies, is regularly to grant adminis- 

 tration ; but if the intestate has goods in 

 ev< ral di'ici ges, administration must be 

 granted by tin' archbishop in the preroga- 

 ti\e court. The persons to whom admin- 

 istration is grunted ar-, a husband, wife, 

 children, whether sons or daughters, the 

 father or mother, brother or sister, and, 

 in general, to the next of kin, as uncle, 

 aunt, cousin ; then to a creditor. 



An action lies for and against an adnii- 

 'iistrator, as for and against an executor; 

 only that he is accountable no farther 

 than to the value of the goods. 



ADMIRAL, in maritime affairs, agreat 

 ofiicer, \\ ho commands the naval forces of 

 a kingdom or state, and decides all mari- 

 time causes. For the latter purposes a 

 commission has been instituted in Kng- 

 land, \\ ho, by a statute of \\ . anil M. have 

 the s;uiie authority as the Lord High Ad- 

 miral. The admirals of Kngland are 

 men !\ naval commanders. F.\ cry other 

 busiiH-ss relal'iM- to the navy at large is 

 <! by the Lords Commissioners of 

 -.liralU. See I'n M U.M i , A I) Mi- 

 ll u.ri ( '.M ;, 



VDMUMI.n, proper!) signifies the 

 office of Lord High Admiral, whether dis. 

 charged by one or several joint conimis- 

 sioners, called Lords of the Admir.slu . 



A M MI ii \.i.T\-('niii-t,ur Court of Admiral- 

 ty, in the British polity, a sovereign court 

 held by the Lord High Admiral, or the 

 i 'mmisiioncrs of the AdmiraJt v 



Tjiis court has cogni/ance in all mari- 

 time affairs, civil as \\ el! :4 s , riminal. All 

 crimes committed on the high-seas, or in 

 great rivers, beiu-atb the bridge next the 

 sea, are cognizable only in this court; 

 which, by statute, is obliged to try, the 

 same by judge and jury. Hut in civil 

 causes it is otherwise, these being all de- 

 termined according to the civil law; the 

 i\ ason whereof is, because, the sea is 

 without the jurisdiction of the common 

 law. 



In case any person be sued in the ad- 

 miralty-court, contrary to the statutes he 

 may have the writ of supersedeas, to stop 

 farther proceedings, and also an action 

 for double damages against the person 

 suing. 



Subordinate to this court, there is ano- 

 ther of equity, called Court-merchant-, 

 wherein all causesbetween merchants are 

 decided, agreeable to the rules of the 

 civil law. 



ADOLIA, in botany, a genus of plants 

 found among the trees at Malabar, which 

 bear a near relation to the rahmnus. 

 There are two species, viz. A. alba, with 

 white flowers, which grows to the height 

 of seven or eight feet, and bears fruit 

 twice a year: the berries, when ripe, are 

 of a purplish black colour : and A. rubra, 

 with red flowers : but the berries, when 

 ripe, are of an orange colour, and of an 

 acid taste. 



ADONIS, Pheasant's Eye, or Red 

 Jfiuths, in botany, a genus of the Polyan- 

 dria Polygynia class of plants, the calyx of 

 which is a pcrianthium, composed of five 

 obtuse, hollow, somewhat coloured and 

 deciduous leaves'; the corolla consists of 

 five oblong obtuse beautiful petals, and 

 sometimes there are more than five ; 

 there is no pericarpium ; the receptacle 

 is oblong, spicated, and holds five series 

 of seeds; the seeds are numerous, irre- 

 gular, and angular, gibbous at the l>;ise, 

 and their apex reflex and prominent. 

 There are six species, vi/. the A. xsthalis, 

 or tall, which is a native of the southern 

 countries of Kurope, where it grows 

 among corn : the A. autumnalis, or com- 

 mon, which are found in Kent, near the 

 Medway, in fields sown with wheat: the 

 flowers are brought in great quantities 

 to London, where they are sold under 

 the name of lied Morocco: this is an- 

 nual, and flowers from Ma\ to October: 

 A. vernulit;, or spring adonis, is found in 

 Swit/erland, Prussia, and some parts of 

 (ierinany : A. apcnnina is found wild in 

 Siberia: A. vescatoria, or blister adonis. 



