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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Englishlaw. Those persons whodo not make a part of the clergy. They are divided into three states: (1) Civil, including all the nation, except the clergy, the army, and navy, and subdivided into the 7obility and the commonalty; (2) military; (3) maritime, consisting of thenavy.
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