APOSTLES
\ɐpˈɒsə͡lz], \ɐpˈɒsəlz], \ɐ_p_ˈɒ_s_əl_z]\
Definitions of APOSTLES
- 1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
- 1856 - A Law Dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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In English admiralty practice. A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting brief dismissory letters granted to a party who appeals from an inferior to a superior court, embodying a statement of the case and a declaration that the record will be transmitted. This term is still sometimes applied in the admiralty courts of the United States to the papers sent up or transmitted on appeals.
By Henry Campbell Black
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In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted. 2 Brown's Civ. and Adm. Law, 438; Dig. 49. 6.
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This term was used in the civil law. It is derived from apostolos, a Greek word, which signifies one sent, because the judge from whose sentence an appeal was made, sent to the superior judge these letters of dismission, or apostles. Merl. Rep. mot Apotres.
By John Bouvier
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