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Armour and arms
to strike or cast at another. Arms are also insignia, i.e., ensigns of honour, originally badges assumed by commanders in war and painted on their shields to distinguish them, since they could not be distinguished by the
Ban, or Bann
Ban, or Bann [Teut.], a proclamation or public notice, or summons or edict, whereby a thing is commanded or forbidden. It is most especially used to signify the publication of intended marriages. See Banns of Marriage.
Army Council
Army Council. This Council was first established in 1904, when the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished. The four military members are the Chief of the Staff, the Adjutant-General, the Quarter-Master General, and
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At the instance of
At the instance of, according to the plain English language, the ordinary meaning of the phrase 'at the instance of in the collocation of words 'No prosecution shall be instituted............. except at the instance of' must,...
Attach
Attach [fr. attaccare, It., to fasten], to take or apprehend by commandant or a writ or precept. It differs from arrest, because it takes not only the body, but sometimes
Attornato faciendo vel recipiendo
Attornato faciendo vel recipiendo, an obsolete writ, which commanded a sheriff or steward of a county court or hundred court to receive and admit an attorney to
Authority
to sign the contract, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 127. Means a right; an official or judicial command; also a legal power to do an act given by one man to another. Consult Vin. Abr., tit.
Bail
sureties, on condition that the defendant appear at the day and in such place as the arresting process commands (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, s. 4). (2) Special bail, or bail above, or bail to the
Cartulary
hostile powers; also a carry any particular proposal from one to another; for this reason the officer who commands her is particularly ordered to carry on cargo, ammunition, or implements of war, except a single gun for
Breve
by which a person is summoned or attached to answer an action, complaint, etc., or whereby anything is commanded to be done in the courts, in order to do justice, etc. It is called breve, from the
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