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Arrha

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Arra.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

arra, I.

In the civil law. Earnest; evidence of a completed

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. Money or other valuable things given by the buyer to the seller, for the purpose of evidencing the contract; earnest.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. Arra. Earnest-money, v. Denarius

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Arra. Lat.

In the civil law. Earnest; evidence of a completed bargain; of the contract of purchase and sale, !)roof argumentum emptionis et venditionis contract9.) Inst. 3. 24. pr. 1 Mackeldey's Civ. Law, 170, § 178. See Earnest. Bracton uses the plural, arra. Bract, fol. 61 b. Arrhcs is used in Scotch law. Ersk, Inst. b. 3, tit. 3, § 5.