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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 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 in armatos sumere jura sinunt

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


Arma libera

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


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....


Conduct

Conduct, means a person if (a) he is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction by a court in a category/territory of an offence constituted by the conduct, and (b) he has been sentenced for the offence, Office of the King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas [HL(E)] Lord Bingham of Cornhill [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65(1) (UK)]Means complained of or relied on in the warrant, Office of the King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas [HL(E)) (2005) 3 WLR 1079 [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65 (UK)]Conduct, is all the conduct, King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas (DC) (2005) 1 WLR 1389 [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65(3) (UK)]...


Affidiari

Affidiari (seu affidiari ad arma), to be mustered and enrolled for soldiers, upon an oath of fidelity, Cowel's Law Dict....


Herald

Herald [fr. here, Sax., an army, and heald, a champion; herault, heraut, Fr.; herald, Ger.; araldo, Ital.; because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of affairs concerning peace and war devolved upon them, their office being to carry messages to the enemy, and to proclaim war and peace. Hence the persons of heralds were deemed sacred by the law of nations, and were received and protected by belligerent powers, as flags of truce are in the present day. The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King...


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