Cyclopædia
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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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
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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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