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APOSTILLE

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Appostille. L. Fr. An addition; a marginal note or observation. Kelham. … [Read more...]

APPARITIO

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In old practice. Appearance; an appearance. Apparitio in judicio, an appearance in court Bract fol. 344. Post apparitionem, after appearance. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 10, … [Read more...]

APOSTLES

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In English admiralty practice. A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting brief dismissory letters granted to a party who appeals from an inferior to a superior court, embodying a statement of the case and a declaration that the record will be transmitted. This term is still sometimes applied in the admiralty courts of the United States to the papers sent up or transmitted on … [Read more...]

APPARITOR

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An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England and summon offenders. Cowfill. In the civil law. An officer who waited upon a magistrate or superior officer, and executed his commands. Calvin; Cod. 12, 53 57. … [Read more...]

APOSTOLI

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In the civil law. Certificates of the inferior judge from whom a cause is removed, directed to the superior. Dig. 49, 6. See Apostles. … [Read more...]

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