Law Dictionary Definitions

arsura (ahr-s[y]oor-<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.The trial of money by heating it after it is coined. 2. The loss in weight from this process[Blacks Law 8th]

arsonous,adj. Of, relating to, or involving arson <an arsonous purpose>.[Blacks Law 8th]

arsonist. One who commits arson; INCENDIARY(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

arson clause.Insurance. An insurance-policy provision that excludes coverage of a loss due to fire  if  the  insured  intentionally  started  the  fire.  [Cases:  Insurance    2166(3).  C.J.S.  Insurance  § 922.][Blacks Law 8th]

arsonable,adj. (Of property) of such a nature as to give rise to a charge of arson if maliciously burned  <only  real  property,  and  not  personal  property,  is  arsonable>.  [Cases:  Arson    5.  C.J.S. Arson §§ 4–5, 12–14.][Blacks Law 8th]

arson,n.1.  At  common  law,  the  malicious  burning  of  someone  else’s  dwelling  house  or outhouse that is either appurtenant to the dwelling house or within the curtilage. [Cases: Arson    1. C.J.S. Arson §§ 2–3.] “The thing that is burnt must be a ‘house’, but this word has a large meaning; already in 1220 we  find  the …

arser in le main (ahr-say an l<<schwa>> man or an l<<schwa>> man), n.[French “burning in the hand”] Hist. A punishment of burning or branding the left thumb of a lay offender who falsely claimed and  was allowed the benefit  of clergy, so that the offender would be  distinguished if  he tried to claim the benefit…

ARS.abbr. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE.[Blacks Law 8th]

arrogation (ar-<<schwa>>-gay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. The act of claiming or taking something without  the  right  to  do  so  <some  commentators  argue  that  limited  military  actions  unilaterally ordered by the President are an arrogation of Congress’s power to declare war>.2.Roman & civil law. The adoption of an adult; specif., the adoption of a person sui juris, as a…

arrogatio. See ADROGATION.[Blacks Law 8th]