Cyclopædia

Advanced Search

Here are a few examples of how you can use the search feature:

Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that".

Entering this not that into the search form will return results containing "this" and not "that".

Entering this or that into the search form will return results containing either "this" or "that".

Entering "this and that" (with quotes) into the search form will return results containing the exact phrase "this and that".

Search results can also be filtered using a variety of criteria. Select one or more filters below to get started.

Assuming civil is required, the following 44 results were found.

  • ALMANACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMANACK

    very prudently decreed by an Ordonnance of 1579, that 'No Almanack-Maker should presume to give Predictions relating to Civil Affairs, either of States or private Persons, in Terms either express or covert,’ See ASTROLOGY. In the Philosoph. Collec. we...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • ADEMPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ADEMPTION

    ADEMPTION, Ademption, in Civil Law, refers to the revocation of a Grant, Donation, or the like."The Ademption of a Legacy may be either Express; as when the Testator declares in a formal manner that he revokes what he had bequeathed: Or Tacit, as when...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law
  • ACCRETIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCRETION

    and thus, plants and animals are nourished. See PLANT and ANIMAL; see also NUTRITION. Accretion, Accrement, in the Civil Law, a vague or vacant portion of ground, joined or united with grounds held or possessed by another. A legacy given to two persons...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • ADMINICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ADMINICLE

    Adminiculum, Adminiculatum, a term used in some ancient statutes, for aid, help, or support.See AID, etc. In the civil jurisprudence, adminiculum signifies the beginning of a proof; an imperfect proof; a circumstance or conjecture, tending to form or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Politics - Policy - Justice
Results 41 - 44 of 44