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ARRECT

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To accuse or charge with an offense. Arrectati, accused or suspected persons. … [Read more...]

ARRESTMENT

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In Scotch law. Securing a criminal's person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security judicio sisti. The order of a judge, by which he who is debtor In a movable obligation to the arrester's debtor is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester be paid or secured. Ersk. Inst 3, 6, 2. … [Read more...]

AROMATARIUS

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A word formerly used for a grocer. 1 Vent. 142. ARPEN, Arpent. A measure of land of uncertain quantity mentioned in Domesday and other old books; by some called an "acre," by others "half an acre," and by others a "furlong." Spelman; Cowell; Blount. A French measure of land, containing one hundred square perches, of eighteen feet each, or about an acre. But the quantity varied … [Read more...]

ARRENDAMIENTO

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In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land, (heredad.) White, Itecop. b. 2, tit. 14, c. 1. … [Read more...]

ARRESTMENT JURISDICTIONS FUNDANDIE CAUSA

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In Scotch law. A process to bring a foreigner within the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The warrant attaches a foreigner's goods within the jurisdiction, and these will not be released unless caution or security be given. … [Read more...]

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