Part 774

<h1>Audita querela</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*di"ta que*re"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., the complaint having been heard.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Audition</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*di"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auditio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of hearing or listening; hearing.</def>

<blockquote><b>Audition</b> may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. <i>Dunglison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Auditive</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>auditif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Auditor</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auditor</ets>, fr. <ets>audire</ets>. See <wf>Audible</wf>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hearer or listener.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.</def>

<note>&hand; In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are <i>auditors</i> of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.</note>

<h1>Auditorial</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au`di*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Auditory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Auditorium</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au`di*to"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <wf>Auditory</wf>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.</def>

<note>&hand; In ancient churches the <i>auditorium</i> was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers.</note>

<h1>Auditorship</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*tor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or function of auditor.</def>

<h1>Auditory</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auditorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; <as>as, the <ex>auditory</ex> nerve</as>. See <wf>Ear</wf>.</def>

<cs><col>Auditory canal</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the tube from the <i>auditory meatus<i> or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auditory</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auditorium</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An assembly of hearers; an audience.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An auditorium.</def>