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ASCENT

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Passage upwards; the transmission of an estate from the ancestor to the heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent, Comm. 393, 397. … [Read more...]

ARTIFICERS

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Persons whose employment or business consists chiefly of bodily labor. Those who are masters of their arts. … [Read more...]

ASCERTAIN

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To fix; to render certain or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity. Brown v. Lyd dy, 11 Hun, 456; Bunting v. Speek, 41 Kan. 424, 21 Pac. 288, 3 L. R. A. 690; Pughe v. Coleman (Tex. Civ. App.) 44 S. W. 578. … [Read more...]

ARTIFICIAL

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Created by art, or by law; existing only by force of or In contemplation of law. Artificial force. In patent law. A natural force so transformed in character or energies by human power as to possess new capabilities of action; this transformation of a natural force into a force practically new involves a true inventive act. Wall v. Leek, 66 Fed. 555, 13 C. C. A. 630. Artificial … [Read more...]

ASCRIPTITIUS

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In Roman law. A foreigner who had been registered and naturalized in the colony in which he resided. Cod. 11, 47. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition civil law. Among the Romans, ascriptitii were foreigners, who had been naturalized, and who had in general the same rights as natives. … [Read more...]

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