Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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When a defendant is arrested on a capias ad satisfaciendum, (ca. sa.,) he is to be kept arcta et salva eustodia. 3 Bl. Comm. 415. ARDENT SPIRITS. This- phrase, in a statute, does not include alcohol, which is not a liquor of any kind. 34 Ark. 340. ARDOUR. In old English law. An in cendiary; a house burner. ARE. A surface measure in the French law, in the form of a square, equal to 1076.441 square feet. AREA. An inclosed yard or opening in a house; an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit. Pr. 176. In the civil law. A vacant space in a city; a place not built upon. Dig. 50, 16, 211. The site of a house; a site for building; the space where a house has stood. The ground on which a house is built, and which remains after the house is removed. Bris sonius; Calvin. ARENAIiES. In Spanish law. Sandy beaches; or grounds on the banks of rivers. White, Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6. ARENIFODINA. In the civil law. A sand-pit. Dig. 7, 1, 13, 5. ARENTARE. Lat. To rent; to let out at a certain rent. Cowell. Arentatio. A renting. AREOPAGITE. In ancient Greek law. A lawyer or chief judge of the Areopagus in capital matters in Athens; a* tribunal so called after a hill or slight eminence, in a street of that city dedicated to Mars, where the court was held in which those judges were wont to sit. Wharton. ARETRO. In arrear; behind, written a retro. Also ARG. An abbreviation of arguendm, ARGENT. In heraldry. Silver. 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." ARGENTARIUS MILES. A money porter in the English exchequer, who carries the money from the lower to the upper excheq uer to be examined and tested. Spelman. ARGENTEUS. An old French coin, an swering nearly to the English shilling. Spelman.

either throughout the whole of his diocese or in some particular part of it. ARCHDEACON'S COUBT. 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 in ferior court in the whole ecclesiastical polity of England. 3 Bl. Comm. 64; 3 Steph. Comm. 430. ARCHDEACONRY. A division of a diocese, and the circuit of an archdeacon's jurisdiction. ARCHERY. In feudal law. A service of keeping a bow for the lord's use in the de fense of his castle. Co. Litt. 157. ARCHES COURT. In English ecclesi astical law. A court of appeal belongingto the Archbishop of Canterbury, the j udge of which is called the "Dean of the Arches," because his court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, (Saiicta Maria de Arcu bus,) so named from the steeple, which is raised upon pillars built archwise. The court was until recently held in the hall belonging to the College of Civilians, commonly called "Doctors' Commons." It is now held in Westminster Hall. Its proper jurisdiction is only over the thirteen peculiar parishes be longing to the archbishop in London, but, the office of Dean of the Arches having been for a long time united with that of the arch bishop's principal official, the Judge of the Arches, in right of such added office, it re ceives and determines appeals from the sen tences of all inferior ecclesiastical courts within the province. 3 Bl. Comm. 64. ARCHETYPE. The original copy. ARCHICAPELLANUS. L. Lat. In old European law. A chief or high chancel lor, (summus cancellarius.) Spelman. ARCHIVES. The Rolls; any place where ancient records, charters, and evidences are kept. In libraries, the private depository. Cowell; Spelman. The derivative meaning of the word (npw the more common) denotes the writings them selves thus preserved; thus we say thear- «hives of a college, of a monastery, etc. ARCHIVIST. The custodian of archives. ABCTA BT SALVA CUSTODIA. Lat. In strict and safe custody or keeping.

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