Cyclopædia
Assuming person is required, the following 196 results were found.
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ACQUIETAREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ACQUIETARE
ACQUIETARE, in our ancient Law-Books, signifies to pay the Debts of a Person deceased; as the Heir those of his Father, etc. ACQUIETARE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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APOTHECARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOTHECARY
a Person who practices Pharmacy, or that part of Physics which consists in the Preparation and Composition of Medicines. See PHARMACY and MEDICINE. Nicholas Langius has written a large Volume expressly against the Apothecaries, their errors in pro quos...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALMS-Househttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMS-House
a House built by a Person in a private Capacity, and endowed with a Revenue, for the Maintenance of a certain Number of poor, aged, or disabled People. See HOSPITAL. ALMS-House
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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APOSIOPESEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/APOSIOPESES
in Rhetoric, otherwise called Reticency; a Figure, by which a Person really speaks of a thing, at the same time, that he makes a show as if he would say nothing of it. See RETICENCY. The Word comes from the Greek ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpaō), to be silent, to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Rhetoric
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ANTICHRESIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRESIS
in the Civil Law, a Covenant or Convention, whereby a Person borrowing Money of another, engages, or makes over his Lands to the Creditor, with the Use and Occupation thereof, for the Interest of the Money lent. This Covenant was allowed of by the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTECHAMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTECHAMBER
an outer Chamber, before the chief Chamber of an Apartment; where the Servants wait, and Strangers stay, till the Person to be spoken withal is at leisure, etc. See APARTMENT. The Word is formed of the Latin Ante Camera. See CHAMBER. ANTECHAMBER
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AMPHITHEATREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMPHITHEATRE
which comes from θεάομαι (theáomai), specto, contemplor; so that an Amphitheatre, strictly speaking, is a Place whence a Person may see all around him. AMPHITHEATRE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AB-INTESTATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AB-INTESTATE
in Law, the Heir of a Person who died intestate, and yet had the Power of making a Testament. See INTESTATE, and HEIR. AB-INTESTAT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ADVENTITIOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVENTITIOUS
something accruing or befalling a person or thing from without. See ACCESSION, etc.Thus, Adventitious Matter, is such matter as does not properly belong to any body, but is casually joined to it.See ACCRETION, APPUNCTION, etc. Adventitious, in Civil...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACCUMULATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCUMULATION
together. The word is compounded of ad and cumulus, "heap."The lawyers speak of an accumulation of titles; as, when a person claims lands, a benefice, or the like, in virtue of several titles or pretensions of different kinds; e.g. by death, by...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALTO & Bassohttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALTO?Basso=
Law, signifies the absolute Reference of all Differences, small and great, high and low, to some Arbitrator or indifferent Person. Pareat universis per praesentes quod Willielmus Tylar de Yetton, & Thomas Gower de Almestre, posuerunt se in Alto & in...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AUTOCEPHALUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUTOCEPHALUS
a person who is his own chief or master, and has no other over him. See ACEPHALUS. The word is compounded of the Greek αὐτός, ipse; and κεφαλή, head. This denomination was given by the Greeks to certain archbishops, who were exempted from the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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APOLOGETICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOLOGETICAL
Ἀπολογητικός, something said, or written by way of Excuse, or Apology for any Action, or Person. See APOLOGY. The Apologetic of Tertullian is a Work full of Strength and Spirit; such as in all respects became the Character of that Father—— He there...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTHROPOMANCYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOMANCY
or Anthropomantia, a Method of Divination, performed by inspecting the Viscera of a Person deceased. See DIVINATION. The Word is compounded of ἄνθρωπος, Man, and μαντεία, Divination. ANTHROPOMANCY
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADMINISTRATORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ADMINISTRATOR
in law, is the person to whom the ordinary commits the administration of the goods of a dead man, in default of an executor. See ADMINISTRATION, WILL, EXECUTOR, etc. An action lies for or against an Administrator, as for an Executor; and he shall be...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ACCOMPLISHMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCOMPLISHMENT
or fulfilling of something proposed, or undertaken. The Accomplishment of the Prophecies of the Old Testament, in the Person of our Saviour, is the great mark of his being the Messiah. See PROPHECY. There are two ways of accomplishing a Prophecy;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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