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à rendre (ah rawn-dr<<schwa>> or -d<<schwa>>r). [Law French] To render; to yield. [Blacks Law 8th]

Areeda–Turner test.Antitrust. An economic test for predatory pricing whereby a price below average  variable  cost  is  presumed  to  be  predatory  and  therefore  illegal.  •  This  test  is  widely accepted by federal courts. Its name derives from the coauthors of an influential law-review article: Phillip  Areeda  &  Donald  F.  Turner,  Predatory  Pricing  and  Practices  Under  Section …

area variance.See VARIANCE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

area-standards  picketing.Labor  law.  The  practice  that  a  union  undertakes  to  protect  its members in a particular region by picketing employers that may undercut the market through the potentially lower labor costs of a non-union workforce. [Blacks Law 8th]

area  bargaining.Negotiation  of  collective-bargaining  agreements  by  a  union  with  several employers in a par-ticular geographic area. [Blacks Law 8th]

area-rate clause.Oil & gas. A price-escalation provision in a long-term gas contract permitting an automatic increase in the contract price if any regulatory agency prescribes or allows a higher price on gas sold in the area. — Also termed FPC clause. [Blacks Law 8th]

ardour. [Law French] Hist. An arsonist. [Blacks Law 8th]

arcta         et         salva          custodia         (ahrk-t<<schwa>>         et         sal-v<<schwa>> k<<schwa>>-stoh-dee-<<schwa>>).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  In  close  and  safe  custody.  •  A  defendant arrested under the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum was said to be kept arcta et salva custodia. [Blacks Law 8th]

arcifinious  (ahr-s<<schwa>>-fin-ee-<<schwa>>s),  adj.[fr.  Latin  arcifinius  “having  irregular boundaries”]  Civil  law.  1.  (Of  a  landed  estate)  having  natural  boundaries  such  as  woods, mountains, or rivers. 2. (Of a country) having a frontier that forms a natural defense. [Blacks Law 8th]

Archivist  of  the  United  States.The  federal  officer  in  charge  of  the  National  Archives  and Records Administration. [Blacks Law 8th]