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ADULTERINE GUILDS

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Traders acting as a corporation without a charter, and paying a fine annually for permission to exercise their usurped privileges. Smith, Wealth Nat b. 1, c. 10. … [Read more...]

ADVISARE, ADVISARI

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Latin: To consult, deliberate, consider, advise; to be advised. Occurring in the phrase curia ad visari vult, (usually abbreviated cur. adv. vult, or C. A. V.,) the court wishes to be advised, or to consider of the matter. … [Read more...]

ADULTERIUM

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A fine anciently imposed as a punishment for the commission of adultery. … [Read more...]

ADVERSARY

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A litigant opponent, the opposite party in a writ or action. … [Read more...]

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