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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. In the Roman law. A division of the as or pound, consisting of eight unciæ or duodecimal parts, and amounting to two-thirds of the as.

2 BL Comm. 462, note m. Two-thirds of an inheritance, Inst. 2, 14, 5.

Eight per cent, interest 2 Bl. Comm. nbi supra.