Arsura
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The trial of money by heating it after it was coined. Now obsolete.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The trial of money by beating it after it was coined. Now obsolete.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. Burning, pi melting; the trial or assay by flre of coin in order to test its purity; the loss of weight occasioned by this process.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The trial of money by heating it after it was coined. The loss of weight occasioned by this process, A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot ardere denarios) as it lost by the fig, Spelman. The term is now obsolete.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from ardere, to burn.] In old English law. Burning, or melting; the trial or assay of money by fire after it was coined, in order to test its purity. A term frequently used in Domesday Book. Spelman. Reddit tot librae ad arsuram; pays so many pounds according to the test by fire; that is, so many pounds of lawful, approved or tried money. Cowell. The loss of weight occasioned by this process. A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot ardere denarios) as it lost by the fire. Spelman.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
The trial of money by fire after it was coined. This word is obsolete.