Cyclopædia
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ARRAYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ARRAY
ARRAY, in Law,the ranking or ordering a Jury or Inquest of Men impaneled on any Cause. See JURY, INQUEST, etc. The Word may be derived either from the obsolete French Array, Order, or from Raye, a Line—Hence the Verb, to Array a Panel, Ann. 3 Hen. V....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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AFFEERORShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AFFEERORS
AFFEERORS, Affeeratores, in Law, are those appointed in Court-Leets, upon Oath, to settle and moderate the Fines of such as have committed Faults arbitrarily punishable, or which have no express Penalty set down by Statute. See FINE, etc.The Word is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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AMERCEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AMERCEMENT
AMERCEMENT, or Ammercement, in Law, a Penalty assessed by the Peers or Equals of the Party amerced, for an Offence done; or a pecuniary Punishment imposed upon Offenders, at the Mercy of the Court; and therefore in our Law frequently called...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law