Legal Definition and Related Resources of As
Meaning of As
Like, similar, of the same kind, in the same manner. Also meaning because, since ; sometimes used to denote in the character or under the name of.
As Alternative Definition
(Lat.) A pound. It was composed of twelve ounces. The parts were reckoned, as may be seen in the law, servum de haeredibus (Inst. lib. 13, Pandect) as follows: Uncia, 1 ounce; sextans, 2 ounces; triens, 3 ounces; quadrans, 4 ounces; quincunx, 5 ounces; semis, 6 ounces; septunx, 7 ounces; bes, 8 ounces; dodrans, 9 ounces; dextoMS, 10 ounces; deunx, 11 ounces. The whole of a thing, solidum quid. Thus, OS signified the whole of an inheritance, so that an heii ex osse was an heir of the whole inheritance. An heir ex triente, ex semisse, ex besse, or ex deunce was an heir of onethird, one-half, two-thirds, or eleventwelfths.
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Meaning of As
In this law dictionary, the legal term as is a kind of the Roman law, Roman, Civil law class.
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