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Agnomen

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A popular appellation often appended to one’s true name. Agrarian. Pertaining to land.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roman. Thus, Scipio Africanus, from his African victories. Ainsworth, Lex.; Calvinus, Lex. See Nomen.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. An additional name or title; a nickname. A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roman. Thus, Scipio Africanus, (the African,) from hla African victories. Ainsworth; Calvin.'

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I.

In the Roman law. An additional name; a name assumed or added by way of nick-name.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. An additional name or title; a nickname. A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roman. Thus, Scipio Africanus, (the African,) from his African victories. Ainsworth; Calvin.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. An additional name, a nickname.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In the Roman law. The last of the four names used among the Romans; the other three being the prcenomen, the nomen, and the cognomen; a name assumed or added from some particular circumstance; a surname. Inst. 2. 20. 29. Cooper^ s Notes, in loco.