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Oathworthy

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Worthy of making an oath; credible.

OB.

On account of; for. A few Latin phrases and maxims commence with this word, but in is more commonly used.

OB CAUSAM ALIQUAM A RE MARItima ortam

For some cause arising out of a maritime matter.

1 Pet. Adm. (U. S.) 92.

Said to be Selden's translation of the French definition of admiralty jurisdiction, "pour le fait de la mer."

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