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protest

opinion and usually of disagreement: as a : a solemn written declaration by a notary public or U.S. consul on behalf of the holder of an instrument (as a note) announcing dishonor and declaring the liability of

Consular

Of or pertaining to a consul performing the duties of a consul as consular power consular dignity consular officers

consulate

consulate 1 : the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of a consul 2 : the residence or official

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Quaestor

goes back at least to the beginning of the Republic. Each year two quaestors were nominated by the consuls, later elected by the comitia tributa, to assist the consuls in matters of finance. This continued to be

Alien

of that person's birth in the service of the Crown, or his birth was registered at a British Consulate within one year (or with the consent of the Secretary of State two years) after its occurrence, or

Rogation

Rogation [fr. rogatio, Lat.], the demand by the consul or tribunes of law, to be passed by the people, Civ. Law.

Protest

copy of the bill with all indorsements.] Also, a writing attested by a justice of the peace or consul, drawn up by a master of a ship, stating the circumstances under which an injury has happened to

Marriage

NC Supp xvii. On this depended the validity of marriages solemnized in ambassadors' chapels, or before a British consul, or within British lines, or on board a man-of-war, or a merchant vessel, which are now regulated by

Lex

populus (Patricians and Plebeians) in the comitia, on the motion of a magistrate of senatorial rank, as a consul, a pr'tor, or a dictator. The principal maxims under this head are as follows:-

Jus

took place before the judex (in judicio). Originally, even the magistratus was called judex, as, for instance, the consul and pr'tor (Liv. iii. 55); and under the empire the term 'judex' often designated the pr'ses, Smith's Dict.

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