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Ambactus

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A vassal; a client.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. A servant or messenger; a person sent about from place to place; a vassal of a free proprietor among the Gauls.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. A servant, messenger; Ambideux,^. Both.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. or old Gallic. A hired servant or messenger; one sent about from place to place; (Gr. periphoretos.) Spelman, voc. Ambascia.