AS

as (as), n.[Latin] 1.Roman law. A pound weight or a coin weighing a pound, divisible into 12

parts, called  unciae. • As  and  the  multiples  of  its unciae were used  to  denote  interest  rates. See

UNCIA. 2.Roman & civil law. A whole inheritance; the whole of an asset. Pl. asses.[Blacks Law 8th]