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Página 100 - AC (ante Christum). Before Christ. AD (anno Domini). In the year of our Lord. AM (ante meridiem). Before noon.
Página 92 - Pro bono publico : for the public good. Pro and con : for and against. Pro hac vice : for this turn. Pro loco et tempore : for the place and time. Pro re nata :for a special business: as occasion serves. Pro salute animae : for the health of the soul.
Página 59 - Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
Página 92 - Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa : to be conscious of no iirime, and to turn pale at no accusation. Nisi Dominus frustra : unless the Lord be with us, all our efforts will be in vain. Nisi prius : unless before : a writ, by which the sheriff is to bring a jury to Westminster Hall on a certain day, " unless before " that day the Lords Justices go into his county to hold assizes.
Página 35 - Sax. ed, again, and ea, running water, a stream. The running back of the water at any place contrary to the tide or stream. El'-bow, s. - - Ger. elbogen, the joint, or projecting part of the curvature in the middle of the arm ; any bending or angle. Em-ba'rk, va and ». - - Fr.
Página 115 - ERRORS. The manner of doing it is thus. What a beautiful tasted apple. He acted agreeable to his promise. I arrived here safely on the sixteenth. Sir, agreeable to order I have sent you . The miser hid his gold below the ground. I have had an invite to dine at Mr. G-.'s. He behaved in a gentlemanny manner. They could not be prevailed with to go. I will go whether you will or no. I found your affairs had been managed in a different manner than what I advised.

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