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arcifinious

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.

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dry exchange

dry exchange. Something that pretends to pass on both sides of a transaction, but passes on only one side. “Dry exchange … seems to be a subtil term invented to disguise usury, in which something is pretended to pass on both sides, whereas in truth nothing passes on the one side.” Termes de la Ley

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ceorl

ceorl (chorl). Hist. A Saxon freeman who either possessed no landed property or held land of a thane by paying rent or providing services. • After the Norman Conquest, ceorls were reduced to the status of unfree villeins. Under Norman rule, the variant form of the word, churl, became associated with a base peasant, and

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