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AIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AID
age of 21years. The second, of Marriage, or Par fille marier, towards marrying his eldest daughter. Both these, with all charges incident thereto, are taken away by Stat. 12 Car. II.See TENURE, CAPITE, etc. Some will have them to have been first...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR
the Cavalry, were obliged to resume the Cuirass.—Coat-Armour, is the Escutcheon of any Person, or Family, with its several Charges, and other Furniture, as Mantling, Crest, Supporters, Motto, etc. See ESCUTCHEON, CHARGES, CREST, MANTLING, SUPPORTER,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASSETShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ASSETS
or legacies. See EXECUTOR, HEIR, TESTAMENT, LEGACY, etc. The word is formed of the French assez, enough; in regard whoever charges another with assets, charges him with having enough descended or come to his hands to discharge that which is in demand....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ARTILLERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTILLERY
ARTILLERY,the heavy Equipage of War; comprehending all sorts of great Fire-arms with their Appurtenances, as Cannons, Mortars, Bombs, Petards, Muscats, Carbines, &c. See CANNON, MORTAR, GUN, PETARD, &c. In this Sense, the Word Artillery coincides with...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANTITHETARIUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTITHETARIUS
ANTITHETARIUS, a Term occurring in the Title of a Chapter in the Laws of Canons, viz. Capit. 47. but not in the Chapter itself. The meaning of the Word is where a Man endeavours to discharge himself of the Fact of which he is accused, by recriminating,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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APPOSALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPOSAL
APPOSAL of Sheriffs, is the charging them with Money received on their account in the Exchequer, 22 & 23 Car.2. Act for better Recovery of Fines due to his Majesty. APPOSAL
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALLOYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOY
to give the Gold a due hardness, that it may not waste with wearing; and to increase its Weight, so as to countervail the Charges of Coinage. See SEIGNEURAGE. Gold that has more of this, than it ought to have; is said to be of a coarser or greater...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Commerce
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ANNUITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUITY
Law, the Difference between a Rent and an Annuity consists in this, that Rent is payable out of Land; whereas an Annuity charges only the Person of the Grantor. See RENT, WRIT, ACTION, etc. Add, that annuities are never taken for Assets; as being no...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALPHABEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALPHABET
as to their Deficiencies;and divers attempts to establish new, and more adequate ones in their place. Bishop Wilkins charges the Alphabets extant with great Irregularities, with respect both of the Order, Number, Power, Figure, &c. -As to the Order, it...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ACRIDOPHAGIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ACRIDOPHAGI
in his 132nd Epistle, speaking of this Food of St.John, says, They were not Animals, but the Tops of Herbs;and even charges those who understood them otherwise of Ignorance: But St. Augustine, Bede, Ludolphus, and others, are of a different Sentiment....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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APOLLINARISTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOLLINARISTS
all. Apollinaris further taught, that the Souls of Men were propagated by other Souls, as well as their Bodies —Theodoret charges him with confounding the Persons of the Godhead; and with giving into the Errors of Sabellius: and Basil accuses him of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AUGMENTATIONShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AUGMENTATIONS
in Heraldry, are additional charges frequently given as a particular mark of honour, and generally borne either on an escutcheon, or a canton.—Such are the arms of Ulster, borne by all the baronets of England. AUGMENTATIONS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry