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  • ARDENT SPIRITS
    Spirituous or distilled liquors. Sarlls v. U. S., 152 U. S. 570, 14 Sup. Ct. 720, 38 L. Ed. 556; U. S. v. Ellis (D. C.) 51 Fed. 808; State v. Townley, 18 N. J. Law, 311. This phrase, in a statute, does not include alcohol, which is not a More...
  • ARDOUR
    In old English law. An incendiary; a house burner.
  • ARE
    A surface measure in the French law, in the form of a square, equal to 1076.441 square feet
  • AREA
    An inclosed yard or opening in a house; an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit Pr. 176. In the civil law. A vacant space In a city; a place not built upon. Dig. 50, 16, 211. The site of a house; a site for building; the space where a More...
  • ARENALES
    In Spanish law. Sandy beaches; or grounds on the banks of rivers. White, Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6.
  • ARENDATOR
    A farmer or renter; in some provinces of Russia, one who farms the public rents or revenues; a "crown arendator" is one who rents an estate belonging to the crown.
  • ARENIFODINA
    In the civil law. A sand-pit. Dig. 7, 1, 13, 5.
  • ARENTARE
    Lat. To rent; to let out at a certain rent. Cowell. Arentatio. A renting.
  • AREOPAGITE
    In ancient Greek law. A lawyer or chief judge of the Areopagus in capital matters in Athens; a tribunal so called after a hill or slight eminence, in a street of that city dedicated to Mars, where the court was held in which those judges were wont to sit. Wharton.
  • ARETRO
    In arrear; behind. Also written a retro.
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