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Arma libera

Arma libera (free arms). When a servant was set free, a sword and lance were usually given to him. Cowel; Blount....


Arma dare

Arma dare, to make a knight. The word 'arma' is here rendered a sword, though a knight was sometimes made by giving him the whole armour, Cowel....


Arma moluta

Arma moluta (arma emolita), sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise, Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, para 6...


Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt

Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt [Lat.], The laws permit the taking of arms against armed persons...


Arma mutare

Arma mutare, to change arms, a ceremony observed in confirmation of a league or friendship, Blount...


Arma reversata

Arma reversata, reversed arms, a punishment for a traitor or felon, Cowel....


Silent leges inter arma

Silent leges inter arma (4 Inst. 70), the laws are silent amidst arms....


Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio

Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio. 2 Inst. 56.-(Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought not to halt; and quick, for delay is a kind of denial.) compare the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, post, MAGNA CHARTA....


Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio

Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio [Lat.], Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought to be defective; and quick, for delay is a certain denial....


Libera

Libera, a livery or delivery of so much corn or grass to a customary tenant, who cut down or prepared the said grass or corn, and received some part or small portion of it as a reward or gratuity...


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