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. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier.

A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part. The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal. Todd & Bowman.

To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.

Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

e removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

ded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person. -- To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.

One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.

The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience. Shak.

To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

es or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

(or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

age. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon. The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid.

isoned more than 600 persons. Francis. -- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.

ing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second.

One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.