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... say in commendation of this work . All who are familiar with it will bear us witness that we have not over - estimated it , nor can we , as humble editors of the dis- tinguished labors of another ( now no more ) , be charged with ...
... say in commendation of this work . All who are familiar with it will bear us witness that we have not over - estimated it , nor can we , as humble editors of the dis- tinguished labors of another ( now no more ) , be charged with ...
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... say of an unprincipled debtor , " he will pay ad Kalendas Græcas . " ADLEGIARE - or aleir , Fr. - To purge himself of crime by oath . AD legem Falcidiam . -According to the Falcidian law . -AD libitum . -At pleasure : at will . AD litem ...
... say of an unprincipled debtor , " he will pay ad Kalendas Græcas . " ADLEGIARE - or aleir , Fr. - To purge himself of crime by oath . AD legem Falcidiam . -According to the Falcidian law . -AD libitum . -At pleasure : at will . AD litem ...
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... says that in the year 1176 , the king of the Scots prom- ised Henry the Second- " Lanceam et sellam suam super altare Sancti Petri ad perpetuam hujus subjectionis memoriam offerre to offer up his lance and saddle upon the altar of St ...
... says that in the year 1176 , the king of the Scots prom- ised Henry the Second- " Lanceam et sellam suam super altare Sancti Petri ad perpetuam hujus subjectionis memoriam offerre to offer up his lance and saddle upon the altar of St ...
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... im- ponunt . " Those who hold the assizes , or lay on the taxes . " In Scotland ( according to Skene ) , they were the same with jurors , and their oath is this : “ We shall leil suith say , And na suith LAW GLOSSARY . 35.
... im- ponunt . " Those who hold the assizes , or lay on the taxes . " In Scotland ( according to Skene ) , they were the same with jurors , and their oath is this : “ We shall leil suith say , And na suith LAW GLOSSARY . 35.
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... say , And na suith conceal for nothing we may , As far as we are charged upon the assize , Be ( by ) God himself , and be ( by ) our own paradise . As we will answer to God upon the dreadful day of Dome . " ASSISTERE , maintainare et ...
... say , And na suith conceal for nothing we may , As far as we are charged upon the assize , Be ( by ) God himself , and be ( by ) our own paradise . As we will answer to God upon the dreadful day of Dome . " ASSISTERE , maintainare et ...
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