adpromissor (adpromisor)

[L., ad quod damnum (ad kwod dam'num). [L., to what damage: ad, to; quod =E. what; dam num, damage.] In law, the title of a writ (1) ordering the sheriff to inquire what damage will result from the grant by the crown of certain liberties, as a fair or market, a highway, etc.; (2) ordering the a e ment of the compensation and damages to be paid when private property is taken for public use. adradt (a-drad'), p. a. Same as adread2, p. a. I was the le a - drad Of what might come. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, I. 13. adradial (ad-ra'di-al), a. [L. ad , to, near, + radius , a ray, + -al .] Situated near a ray. A term applied by Lankester to certain proce es or tentacles of third order which appear in the development of some hydrozoans, the primary ones being termed perradial, the secondary ones interradial. Encyc. Brit., XII. 558. adrad i ally (ad-ra'di-al-i), adv. In an adradial manner.