Cyclopædia
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AUCTIOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUCTIO
Auction, a kind of Sale among the ancient Romans, perform’d by the public Cryer, sub hasta, that is, under a Spear stuck up on that occasion, and by some Magistrate who made good the Sale by Delivery of the Goods. This was termed Auctio, q.d. increase;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADJUDICATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADJUDICATION
or judgment. See ADJUDGED and JUDGMENT. The word is particularly used for the addition or consigning a thing sold by cant, auction, or the like, to the highest bidder. See AUCTION. ADJUDICATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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