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ARENIFODINA

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In the civil law. A sand pit. Dig. 7, 1, 13, 5. … [Read more...]

ARCHDEACONRY

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A division of a diocese, and the circuit of an archdeacon's jurisdiction. … [Read more...]

ARENTARE

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Lat. To rent; to let out at a certain rent Cowell. Arentatio. A renting. … [Read more...]

ARCHDEACON'S COURT

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In English ecclesiastical law. A court held before a judge appointed by the archdeacon, and called his official. Its jurisdiction comprises the granting of probates and administrations, and ecclesiastical causes in general, arising within the archdeaconry. It is the most Inferior court in the whole ecclesiastical polity of England. 3 Bl. Comm. 64; 3 Steph. Comm. 430. … [Read more...]

AREOPAGITE

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A senator, or a judge of the Areopagus. Solon first established the Areopagites; although some say, they were established in the time of Cecrops, (Anno Mundi, 2553,) the year that Aaron, the brother of Moses, died; that Draco abolished the order, and Solon reestablished it. Demosthenes, in his harangue against Aristocrates, before the Areopagus, speaks of the founders of that … [Read more...]

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