Auceps Syllabarum

Concept of “Auceps Syllabarum”

Traditional meaning of auceps syllabarum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) (A catcher of syllables.) A quibbler.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Auceps Syllabarum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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