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ARCHAIONOMIA. A collection of Sax on laws, published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the Saxon language, with a Latin version by Lambard. ARCHBISHOP. In English ecclesias tical law. The chief of the clergy In his province, having supreme power under the king or queen in all ecclesiastical causes. ARCHDEACON. A dignitary of the Anglican church who has ecclesiastical juris diction immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, either throughout the whole of his diocese or in some particular part of it. ARCHDEACON'S COURT. In English ecclesiastical law. A court held before a judge appointed by the archdeacon, and call ed 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 belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the "Dean of the Arches," 'because his court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, (Sancta Maria de Arcubus,) 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, com monly called "Doctors' Commons." It is now held in Westminster Hall. Its proper juris diction is only over the thirteen peculiar par ishes belonging to the archbishop in London, but, the office of Dean of the Arches having been for a long time united with that of the archbishop's principal official, the Judge of the Arches, in right of such added office, It receives and determines appeals from the sentences of all inferior ecclesiastical courts within the province. 3 Bl. Comm. 64. ARCHETYPE. The original copy. ARCHICAPEIXANUS. L. Lat. In old European law. A chief or high chancellor, (summits 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 (now the more common) denotes the writings them-

question, for the purpose of bearing their contention, and giving judgment between them; to whose decision (award) the litigants submit themselves either voluntarily, or, in some cases, compulsorily, by order of a court. Gordon v. U. S., 7 Wall. 195, 19 L. Ed. 35; Mobile v. Wood (C. O.) 95 Fed. 538; Burchell v. Marsh, 17 How. 349, 15 L. Ed. 96; Miller v. Canal Co., 53 Barb. (N. Y.) 595; Fudickar v. Insurance Co., 62 N. Y. 399. "Referee" is of frequent modern use as a synonym of arbitrator, but is in its origin of broader signification and less accurate than arbitrator. ARBITRIOS. In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise, to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from "proprios," i. e., lands own ed by the municipality, or the income of which was legally set apart for its support. Sometimes used in a wider sense, as mean* lng the resources of a town, including its privileges in the royal lands as well as the taxes. Escriche Diet.; Sheldon v. Milmo, 90 Tex. 1, 36 S. W. 413. ARBITRIUM. The decision of an arbi ter, or arbitrator; an award; a judgment. Arbitrium est judicium. An award is a judgment Jenk. Cent 137. Arbitrium est judicium boui viri, se cundum sequum et bouum. An award is the judgment of a good man, according to justice. 3 Bulst 64. ARBOR. Lat A tree; a plant; some thing larger than an herb; a general term including vines, osiers, and even reeds. The mast of a ship. Brissonius. Timber. Ains worth; Calvin. ARBOR CONSANGUINITATIS. A ta ble, 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. ARBOR HNALIS. In old English law. A "boundary tree; a tree used for making a boundary line. Bract, fols. 167, 207&. ARCA. Lat In the civil law. A chest or coffer; a place for keeping money. Dig. 30, 30, 6; Id. 32, 64. Brissonius. ARCANA IMPERII. State secrets. 1 Bl. Comm. 337. ARCARIUS. In civil and old English law. A treasurer; a keeper of public money. Cod. 10, 70, 15; Spelman.