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Araho

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In feudal law. To make oath in the church or some other holy place. Cowell; Spelman. ARAHUM (Law Lat. from Saxon or, reverence). A consecrated place. ARALIA (Lat. arare). Land fit for the plough. Denoting the character of land, rather than its condition. Spelman. Kindred in meaning, arare, to plough; arator, a ploughman; aratrum terrae, as much land as could be cultivated by a single arator; araturia, land fit for cultivation.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In feudal law. To make oath iu the church or some other holy place. All oaths were made in the church upon the relics of saints, according to the Ripuarian laws. Cowell; Spelman.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In feudallaw. To mak in the church or some other holy place. oaths were made in the churel upon the ics of saints, according to the Ripuz laws. Cowell; Spelman.