Lat. Arms; weapons, offensive and defensive; armor; arms or cognizances of families. Anna Dare. To dub or make a knight. Anna molnta. Sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 33, par., 6. Arma reversata. Reversed arms, a punishment for a traitor or felon. Cowell. Arma in armatos sumere jura sinnnt. The laws permit the taking up of arms against armed persons. 2 Inst 574.
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