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AMBITUS

In the Roman law. A going around; a path worn by going around. A space of at least two and a half feet in width, between neighboring houses, left for the convenience of going around them. Calvin. The procuring of a public office by money or gifts; the unlawful buying and selling of a public office. Inst 4, 18, 11; Dig. 48, 14. Ambulatoria est voluntas defunc^i usque ad vitse supremum exitum. The will of a deceased person is ambulatory until the latest moment of life. Dig. 34, 4, 4.

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