- Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of
walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal. - Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary;
movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in
different places. - Pertaining to a walk. - Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration;
alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the
death of the testator. - A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the
gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
- Act of turning - The act of returning, or coming back; return. - That which reverts or returns; residue. - The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs,
by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue
of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in
possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or
less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. - Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment;
succession. - A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit
which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death
of a living person. - A return towards some ancestral type or character;
atavism.
- Garrotte - Hamper - Throttle - To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by
compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. - To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. - To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. - To be strangled, or suffocated.
- An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan
raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an
annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of
each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the
whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according
to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as,
tontine insurance.