Law Dictionary Definitions

archdeaconry.Eccles.  law.  1.  An  archdeacon’s  jurisdiction.  2.  The  office  or  rank  of  an archdeacon. [Blacks Law 8th]

archbishopric.Eccles. law. An archbishop’s jurisdiction or province. [Blacks Law 8th]

archbishop.Eccles.  law.  A  church  officer  who  has  authority  over  all  ecclesiastical  matters within a province. • Within the Church  of England, the  Archbishop  of Canterbury is superior in rank to but does not control the Archbishop of York, who has supreme authority in the province of York. Both are appointed for life by England’s monarch…

Archaionomia (ahr-kee-<<schwa>>-noh-mee-<<schwa>>). A Latin translation of Saxon laws, published in 1568 by William Lambarde. [Blacks Law 8th]

arcarius (ahr-kair-ee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. A treasurer; a keeper of public money. [Blacks Law 8th]

arcana imperii (ahr-kay-n<<schwa>> im-peer-ee-I). [Latin] State secrets. [Blacks Law 8th]

arborum  furtim  caesarum  (ahr-bor-<<schwa>>m  f<<schwa>>r-tim  si-sair-<<schwa>>m  or si-zair-). [Latin] Roman law. A civil action in tort for secretly cutting down trees on another’s land. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor  finalis  (ahr-b<<schwa>>r  fi-nay-lis).  [Latin]  Hist.  A  boundary  tree;  a  tree  used  for marking a boundary line. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor consanguinitatis.See ARBOR CIVILIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor civilis (ahr-b<<schwa>>r siv-<<schwa>>-lis). [Latin “civil tree”] A genealogical tree. — Also termed arbor consanguinitatis. [Blacks Law 8th]