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Areopagite

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 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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In ancient Greek law. A lawyer or chief judge of the Areopagus in capital matters in Athens; a‘ tribunal so a called after a hill or slight eminence, in a i street of that city dedicated to Mars, where the court was held in which those judges were wont to sit. Wharton,