The Rolls; any place where ancient records, charters, and evidences are kept In libraries, the private depository. Co well; Spelman. selves thus preserved; thus we say the archives of a college, of a monastery, a public office, etc. Texas M. Ry. Co. v. Jarvis, 69 Tex. 537, 7 S. W. 210; Guillbeau v. Mays, 15 Tex. 410. … [Read more...] about ARCHIVES
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ARGENT
In heraldry. Silver. … [Read more...] about ARGENT
ARBOR CONSANGUINITATIS
A table, formed in the shape of a tree, showing the genealogy of a family. See the arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists. Hale, Com. Law, 335. Arbor dum crescit, lignum cum ores cere nescit. [That which is] a tree while it grows, [is] wood when it ceases to grow. Cro. Jac. 166; Hob. 776, in marg. … [Read more...] about ARBOR CONSANGUINITATIS
ARCHIVIST
One to whose care the archives have been confided. The custodian of archives. … [Read more...] about ARCHIVIST
ARGENTARIUS
In the Roman law, a money lender or broker; a dealer in money; a banker. Argentarium, the instrument of the loan, similar to the modern word "bond" or "note." … [Read more...] about ARGENTARIUS