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Lat. In strict and safe custody or keephig. when a defendant is arrested on a capias ad satisfaciendum, (ca. sa.,) he is to be kept arcta et salva custodi. 3 Bl. Comm. 415.

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L. Lat. In old European law. A chief or high chancellor, (summus cancellarius.) Spelman

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The Rolls; any place where ancient records, charters, and evidences are kept In libraries, the private depository. Cowell; Spelman

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In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Judge of which is called the “Dean of the Arches,” because hls court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, (Soncta Maria de Aren bus,) so named from the steeple, which is raised upon pillars built archwise. The court was until recently held in the hall . belonging to the College of Civilians, com-monly called “Doctors’ Commons.” It is now held in Westminster Hall Its proper Jurls-dictlon is only over the thirteen peculiar parishes belonging to the archbishop iu London, but, the office of Dean of the Arches having been for a long time united with that of the archbishop’s priucip’ol official, the Judge of the Arches, in right of such added office, it receives and determiues appeals from the sentences of all inferior ecclesiastical courts within the province. 3 Bl. Coium. 64

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The original copy

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A division of a diocese, aud tlie circuit of an archdeacon’s jurisdiction

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In feudal law. A service of keeping a bow for the lord’s use in the defense of his castle. Co. Litt. 157

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In English eccleslas-tical law. The chief of the clergy in his province, having supreme power under the kiug or queeu in all ecclesiastical causes

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A dignitary of the Anglicau church who has ecclesiastical juris-diction immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, either throughout the whole of his diocese or iu some particular part of it

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In civil and old English law. A treasurer; a keeper of publlc money. Cod. 10, 70, 15; Spelman

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A collection of Sax-on laws, published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, iu the Saxon language, with a* Latin version by Lambard

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Lat. In the civil law. A chest or coffer; a place for keeping money. Dig. 30. 30. 6; Id. 32, 64. Brissonius

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State secrets. 1 Bl. Comm. 337

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A table, formed iu the shape of a tree, showing the genealogy of a family. See the arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists. Dale, Com. Law, 335

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In old English law. A boundary tree; a tree used for making a boundary line. Bract, fols. 167, 207b

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The decision of nn arbi-ter, or arbitrator; an award; a judgment

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Lat A tree; a plant; something larger than an herb; a general term Including vines, osiers, and even reeds. The mast of a ship. Brissoulus. Timber. Aius-worth; Calvin

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A private, disinterested person, chosen by the parties to a disputed

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In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise, to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from “proprios,” i. e., lands own-ed by the municipality, or the income of which was legally set apart for Its support. Sometimes used in a wider seuse, as meaning the resources of a town, Including its privileges In the royal lands as well as the taxes. Esericlie Dict.; Sheldon v. Milmo, 90 Tex. 1, 36 S. W. 413

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Not supported by fair, solid, and substantial cause, and without rea-son given. Treloar v. Bigge, L. R. 9 Exch. 155

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In practice. The investigation and determination of a matter or matters of difference between contending par-ties, by one or more unofficial persons, chos-en by the parties, and called “arbitrators.” or “referees.” Duren v. Getcbell, 55 Me. 241; Henderson v. Beaton’, 52 Tex. 43; Boy-den v. Lamb, 152 Mass. 416, 25 N. E. 609; In re Curtis-Castle Arbitration, 64 Conn. 501. 30 Atl. 769, 42 Am. St. Rep. 200

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A person chosen to decide a controversy; an arbitrator, referee

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The award or deci-sion of arbitrators upon a matter of dispute, which has been submitted to them. Termes de la Ley

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The plowing of land by the tenant, or vassal, in the service of his lord, whishaw

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Land suitable for the plow; arable land. Spelman

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