Aristo-Demogragy

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

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Arles

Earnest. Used in Yorkshire in the phrase “Arles-penny.” Cowell. In Scot-land it has the same signification. Bell

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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

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Aristocracy

A government in which a class of men rules supreme

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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

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Arriere-Ban

r ARRIERE-BAN. An

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Argument Ab Inconvenienti

An argument arising from the inconvenience w’hich the proposed construction of the law tvould create.

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Argument Ati Ve

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

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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, is said (in the reports) to be made arguendo, or, in the abbreviated form, arg

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Argument

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

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Argenteus

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

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Argentum

Silver; money

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Argentarius

In the Roman law, a money lender or broker; a dealer in money; a banker. Argentarium, the instrument of the loan, slmllar to the modern word “bond” or “note.”

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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

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Aretro

In arrear; behind. Also written a retro

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Argent

In heraldry. Silver

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Arentare

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

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Areopagite

In ancient Greek law. A lawyer or chief judge of the Areopagus in capita*! matters in 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

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Arendator

A farmer or renter; in some provinces of Russia, one who farms the public rents or revenues; a “crown arenda-tor" is one who rents an estate belonging to the crown

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Arenifodina

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

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Area

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

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Arenales

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

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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 v. Martin, 34 Ark. 340

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Ardour

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

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Archivist

The custodian of archives

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