The consequence produced. The result. … [Read more...] about OUTCOME
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OUNCE
The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois. … [Read more...] about OUNCE
OUNCE LANDS
Certain districts or tracts of lands in the Orkney Islands were formerly so called, because each paid an annual tax of one ounce of silver. … [Read more...] about OUNCE LANDS
ORNEST
In old English law. The trial by battle, which does not seem to have been usual in England before the time of the Conqueror, though originating in the kingdoms of the north, where it was practiced under the name of "holmgang," from the custom of fighting duels on a small island or holm. Wharton. … [Read more...] about ORNEST
OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITY
Apparent authority. … [Read more...] about OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITY