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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
1.
The title of an officer in the army ranking next above a captain.
2.
One who has attained the age of full civil rights and responsibilities; the opposite of minor or infant.
3.
An old law Latin form of the civic title mayor.