Arbor
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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In old English law
A tree. Arbor civilis.consanguinitatis: a family tree. Arbor dum crescit, lignum dura crescere nescit: [called] a tree while it grows, wood when it cannot grow [that is, when it is cut]. Arbor finalis: a boundary tree. In the Roman law. A tree; the mast of a ship. Under this name were included vines, ivy, reeds; but not plants that were so tender as to be classed among herbs, — nothing could be called arbor which had not taken root, unless where it had been transplanted.