A portion of the sea projecting inland, in which the tide ebbs and flows. 5 Coke, 107. An arm of the sea is considered as extending as far into the […]
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ARM’S LENGTH PRICE
A transaction when a seller and buyer have no personal interst in the matter agree to a price with no pressure placed on them.
ARM’SLENGTH PRINCIPLE
The transaction is completed for commercial reasons with no advantages or accomodations for either party.
ARM’SLENGTH TRANSACTION
How fair market value is determined. Two independent unrelated parties are looking out for their own interests not one anothers. There can be no involvement in interest that favors one […]
ARMA IN ARMATOS SUMERE JURA SINNNT
The laws permit the taking up of arms against armed persons. 2 Inst. 574.
ARMA MODEL
Refer to autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model .
ARMA MOLUTA
Sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 33, par. 6.
ARMA REVERSATA
Reversed arms, a punishment for a traitor or felon. Cowell.
ARMATA VIS
In the civil law . Armed force . Dig. 43, 16, 3; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 4.
ARMCHAIR ECONOMICS
Creating theories with little data about the econimic issue at hand.
ARMED
A vessel is “armed” when she is fitted with a full armament for fighting purposes. She may be equipped for warlike purposes, without being “armed.” By “armed” it is ordinarily […]
ARMED FORCE
a posse or a group of civilians that are armed and authorised by an official officer of the peace in the community to aid in capturing criminals and to prevent […]
ARMED ROBBERY
a robbery where the person carrying out is armed by having a lethal weapon and threatens his victims with bodily harm .
ARMIGER
An armor-bearer; an esquire. A title of dignity belonging to gentlemen authorized to bear arms. Cowell. In its earlier meaning, a servant who carried the arms of a knight. Spelman. […]
ARMISCARA
An ancient mode of punishment, which was to carry a saddle at the back as a token of subjection. Spelman.
ARMISTICE
A suspending or cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations or forces for a considerable time.
ARMORIAL BEARINGS
In English law . A device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the […]
ARMS
Anything that a man wears for his defense, or takes in his hands, or uses in his anger, to cast at or strike at another. Co. Litt. 1616, 162a; State […]
ARMS INDEX
When adcance decline ratio and upside downside ratios are compared to get the markets strength. A moving average is used for 4 to 55 days depending on the time being […]
ARMY
The armed forces of a nation intended for military service on land. “The term ‘army’ or ‘armies’ has never been used by congress, so far as I am advised, so […]
AROMATARIUS
A word formerly used for a grocer. 1 Vent. 142.
AROMATICS
A hydrocarbon taken fro petroleum products that release a sweet odor. The common ones are benzene tolune, and xlene. They are used for solvents, additives, and feedstocks.
ARPEN, ARPENT
A measure of land of uncertain quantity mentioned in Domesday and other old books; by some called an “acre,” by others “half an acre,” and by others a “furlong.” Spelman; […]
ARPENTATOR
A measurer or surveyor of land. Cowell; Spelman.
ARR&T
Fr. A Judgment, sentence, or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction . The term is derived from the French law, and is used in Canada and Louisiana. Saisie arrft […]