haeredibus et assignatis quibuscunque (h[schwa]-red-i-b[schwa]s et as-ig-nay-tis kwib-[schwa]s-k[schwa]ng-kwee). [Law Latin] Scots law. To heirs and assignees whomsoever. • This was a simple destination phrase.
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postnatus (pohst-nay-t[schwa]s). [Latin] A person born after a certain political event that affected the person’s political rights; esp., a person born after the Declaration of Independence. Pl. postnati. Cf. ANTENATUS.
originalia ([schwa]-rij-[schwa]-nay-lee-[schwa] or -nayl-y[schwa]). Hist. Records compiled in the Chancery and transmitted to the Remembrancer’s office in the Exchequer. • These records were kept from 1236 to 1837. Cf. RECORDA.
registrum originale (ri-jis-tr[schwa]m [schwa]-rij-[schwa]-nay-lee). [Latin] Hist. The register of original writs. — Abbr. reg. orig.
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agnatio (ag-nay-shee-oh). [Latin] Roman law. Kinship through the male line, not necessarily involving blood ties; specif., an affiliation of free persons of either sex in the power (patria potestas) of the senior living male or of a male who would be in his power if he were living. • An agnatic relationship could be created
attornatus (at-[schwa]r-nay-t[schwa]s). [Law Latin] One who is attorned, or put in the place of another; an attorney.
machination (mak-[schwa]-nay-sh[schwa]n). 1. An act of planning a scheme, esp. for an evil purpose. 2. The scheme so planned.
carnet (kahr-nay). A customs document allowing an item (esp. an automobile) to be exported temporarily from one country into another country.
navarch (nay-vahrk), n. [fr. Greek naus “ship” + archos “chief”] Hist. A master of an armed ship. — Also termed navarchus. Cf. NAVICULARIUS.
damnatus (dam-nay-t[schwa]s), n. [fr. Latin damnare “to condemn”] 1. Roman law. A person condemned, esp. in a capital case. 2. Hist. Something prohibited by law; something that is unlawful, as in damnatus coitus (“unlawful sexual connection”).