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Edmond. Maxims of reason, or the reason of the common law of x. A. The first lefter of the English alphabet; used to distinguish the first page of a folic from the second, marked b, or the first page of a book, the first foot-note on a printed page, the first of a series of subdivisions, etc., from the following ones, which are marked b, ¢, d, 6, ete. A, Lat. The letter marked on the ballots by which, among the Romans, the people voted against a proposed law. It was the initial Jetter of the word “antiguo,” I am for the old jaw. Tayl. Civil Law, 191. A. Lat. The letter inseribed on the ballots by which, among the Romans, jurors voted to acquit an accused party. It was the initial letter of “aésolvo,” T acquit. Tayl. Civil Law, 192. “A.” The English indefinite article. This particle is not necessarily a singular term; it is often used in the sense of “any,” and is then applied to more than one individual object. 141 Mass. 266, 4 N. Ti. Rep. 794; 101 N. Y. 458, 5 N. E. Rep. 322; 60 Iowa, 223, 14 N. W. Rep. 247. A.D. Lat, Contraction for Anne Domtié, {in the year of our Lord.) 4. R. Anno regni, the year of the reign; as, A. R. V.R. 22, (Anno Regni Victoria Reyinw vicesime secundo,) in the twentysecond year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Al. Of the highest qualities. An expression which originated in a practice of underwriters of rating vessels in three clagses, —A, Bb, and ©; and these again in ranks numbered. 4 Ubott.