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ARRAIGNS, CLERK OF

In English law. An assistant to the clerk of assise

ARRAIGNMENT

In criminal practice. Calling tbe defendant to the bar of the court, to answer the accusation contained in the indictment

ARRA

In the civil law. Earnest; earnest-money ; evidence of a completed bargain. Used of a contract of marriage, as well as any other. Spelled, also, Arrha, Arrte. Calvin

ARPENTATOR

A measurer or surveyor of land. Cowell; Spelman

AROMATARIUS

A word formerly used for a grocer. 1 Vent. 142

ARMY

The armed forces of a nation in-tended for military service on lnnd

ARMS

Anything that a man wears for hls defense, or takes ln hls hands, or uses ln his anger, to cast at or strike at another. Co. Litt 161b, 162a; State v. Buzzard, 4 Ark. 18

In English law. A device depicted on the (now imagi-nary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry

ARMISTICE

A suspending or cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations or forces for a considerable time

ARMISCARA

An ancient mode of pun-ishment, which was to carry a saddle at the back as a token of subjection. Spelman

ARMIGER

An armor-bearer; an esquire. A title of dignity belonging to gen-tlemen authorized to bear arms. CowelL

ARMATAVIS

In the civU law. Armed force. Dig. 43, 16, 3; Fleta, llb. 4, c. 4

ARMA

Lat Arms; weapons, offensive and defensive.; armor; arms or cognizances of families

ARM OF THE SEA

A portion of the sea projetting inland, in which the tide ebbs and flows. 5 Coke, 107

ARISTO-DEMOGRAGY

A form of government where the power is divided between the nobles and the people

ARISTOCRACY

A government ln which a class of men rules supreme

ARIMANNI

A mediaeval term for a class of agricultural owners of small allodial farms, which they cultivated in connection with larger farms belonging to their lords, paying rent and service for the latter, and

ARRIERE-BAN

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ARIBANNUM

In feudal law. A fine for not setting out to join* the army in obedi-ence to the summons of the king

ARGUMENT ATI VE

In pleading. In-direct ; inferential. Steph. Pl. 179

ARGUMENT

In rhetoric and logic, an inference drawn from premises, the truth of which is indisputable, or at least highly probable

ARGUENDO

In arguing; in the course of the argument. A statement or observa-tlon made by a judge as a matter of argu-ment or Illustration, but not directly bearing upon the case at bar, or only incidentally involved in it, ls said (in the reports) to be made arguendo, or, in the abbreviated form, arg

ARGENTUM

Silver; money

ARGENTEUS

An old French coin, an-swerlng nearly to the English shilling. Spelman

ARGENTARIUS MILES

A money porter in the Engllsh exchequer, who carries the money from the lower to the upper ex-chequer to be examined and tested. Spel-man

ARGENT

In heraldry. Silver

ARETRO

In arrear; behind. Also written a retro

AREOPAGITE

In ancient Greek law. A lawyer or chief judge of the Areopagus in capita*! matters ln Athens; a tribunal so called after a hill or slight eminence, in a street of that city dedicated to Mars, where the court was held in which those judges were wont to sit. wharton

ARENTARE

Lat. To rent; to let out at a certain rent. Cowell. Arentatio. A rentlng

ARENIFODINA

In the civil law. A sand-pit. Dig. 7, 1, 13. 5

ARENALES

In Spanish law. Sandy beaches; or grounds on the banks of rivers, white, Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6

AREA

An Inclosed yard or opening in a house; an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit Pr. 176

ARDOUR

In old English law. An in-ceudiary; a house burner

ARDENT SPIRITS

Spirituous or dls-tilled liquors. Sarlls v. U. S., 152 U. S. 570, 14 Sup. Ct. 720, 38 L. Ed. 556; U. S. v. Ellis (D. C.) 51 Fed. 808; State v. Townley, 18 N. J. Law, 311. This phrase, in a statute, does not include alcohol, which is not a liquor of auy kind. State […]