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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

leoond Lat Latin. Latino-barb, barbarous Latin; Latin of the lower empire or middle ages.

Latino-Gr.

Latin-Greek, Latin in Greek letters, lib. (liber,) book, liv. (livre,) book. Lomb. Lombardian or Lombardic. m. memb. (membrana,) skin of parchment max. maxim. n. num. (numerue,) number. Norm. Norman, not. (fioto,) note. O. Eng. old English. O. Fr. old French, obs. (obeervatio) observation. Op. (opera) works, par. (pare or parte,) part, par. paragraph. paeeim, every where; in various places. Pat Patent per tot. (per totum,) throughout and pL placitum. pr. (prineipium,) beginning. prooem. (proamiumpreface or introduction. q. V. (quod vide,) which see, (alluding to one.) qq. V. (qu<B vide,) which see, (alluding to several.) qu. (quteetio,) question. qu. (quenre,) inquire; a note of doubt R. Reports. lower reg. (regula,) rule. rotrotulwi, or totulo,) roU. but in rott (rotuli, or rotulie,) ro Us. s. sect section. Sax. Saxon. Span. Spanish. ss. sections. St. Stat statute. eupra, above. place, t tit (titulue,) title. Tout Teutonic, or old German. titt tittt (tituli,) tities. tr. tract, (tractatns,) tract or treatise. ub. eup. ubi eupra,) where above quoted; hi the place or passage last cited, ult (ultimue, ultimo,) the last vet (vetue,) old. voc. (voce or vocabulo,) word; in or on the word, voce, (vocibue or vocabti Uef) words; hi or on the words. Brackets, [ ] are used to di Btingui Bh such matter as b added or translations, for the purpose of clearer explanation of the meaning ations of passages in old authors as seemed to be required by authorities referred to, are sometimes distinguished in the same An asterisk, * at the end of a definition, denotes that it is of the prefixed to a reference, denotes that the definition or other matter or substantially extracted from the authorities referred to. The of a page, denotes a marginal paging. A dash, — is used to separate in the same parajrraph, definitions the term defined has but one meaning: definitions which express in distinct paragraphs. The same mark is used to separate which has been explained in the prefiioe. Iw Bi Bzlais are invariably distinguished by the type. inserted by the author in definitions and; and also such occasional emendthe context. The marginal pages of manner. author's composition. The same mark is not literally quoted, but made up, same mark, prcnxed to the number given by different authorities, where distinct meanings, being arranged the definitions from the other matter OF