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Membrana

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law.

Parchment. Dig. 32, 52.

In old English law

A skin of parchment The ancient rolls usually consist of several of these skins, and the word "membrana" is used, in citations to them, in the same way as "page" or "folio," to distin-gnish the particular skin referred to.