Article
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A distinct part of an instrument, consisting of two or more particulars. Hence systems of rules and instruments composed of various particulars, or arranged in several divisions, are called "articles." The term was anciently applied to statutes drawn in this form. In French Law. A point. In English Ecclesiastical Law. A charge or libel. The introductory part of such a pleading is: "We article and object," etc. In Scotch Practice. A subject or matter, "Article of dittay."
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