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OBEDIENTARIUS

A monastic officer. Du Cange. … [Read more...] about OBEDIENTARIUS

Gifts or offerings made to the king by any of his subjects; old debts, brought, as it were, together from preceding years, and put on the present sheriff's charge. Wharton. … [Read more...] about OBLATA

OBEDIENTIA

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An office, or the administration of it; a kind of rent; submission; obedience. Obedicntia est legis essentia. 11 Coke, 100. Obedience is the essence of law. … [Read more...] about OBEDIENTIA

OBLATA TERRAE

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Half an acre, or, as some say, half a perch, of land. Spelman. … [Read more...] about OBLATA TERRAE

OBIT

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In old English law. A funeral solemnity, or office for the dead. Cowell. The anniversary of a person's death; the anniversary office. Cro. Jac. 5L … [Read more...] about OBIT

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