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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In Spanish law. A wovernor of 4 province; a president or president judge; a judge having jurisdiction over a kingdom, or over certain provinces only. So called from having authority over the judges of those places. Las Partidas, pt.

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ADELING or ATHELING. Noble; excellent. <A title of honor among the Anglo-Saxons, properly belonging to the king’s children.

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