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France, England, &c. Their bufiiicrs was to infann tlie 

 father-general of the occurrences of itatc in fuch counties ; 

 to which end, e-\ch of them had their correfpondents, de- 

 legated cmiiTaiies, vifitors, regents, provincials, &c. See 

 Jesuits. 



ADJUTOR, among the Romans, was an adjunft or 

 affiftant ; and under this appellation they had many fubor- 

 dinate officers, who afted in the abfence of their fuperiors, 

 or by way of aiding them in the execution of their rtlpcc- 

 fivc offices. 



ADJUTORIUM, from adj-.ivare, to help, in Anatomy, 

 the humerus, or (houlder-bone. 



Some authors nfc this word for a medicine intended only 

 as auxiliary, or fiibfiTvieiit to another ot great cfRcacy : in 

 particular, after a due ufe nf internals, for an external re- 

 medy applied to a part aflt-aed, to afiill in, and complete 

 the cure. 



ADJUTRIX, prima kg'to, an appellation applied to a 

 legion which often occurs in the Roman laws. 



ADJUVANTIA, formed of adjuvo, I help, in MedU 

 t'nte. See Juvan'Tia. 



ADLE egg, that which is not fecundified by the cock's 

 tread. 



Adle tgg is the fame with that which is otherwife called 

 7i fiihventaneous one. 



Adle eggs', after incubation, are found to contain a (liape- 

 lefs globofe, a(h-coloured body, not unlike a mola. Phil. 

 Tranf. N'" 87. 



ADLECTI, among the Romans, fignified affociates, or 

 rather felefted, and was applied to perfons of various de- 

 fcriptions amongil the common foldiers, officers of ftate, 

 and fenators ; there were gods of this denomination, who 

 were deified men, and called by the Romans " dii minorum 

 gentium." 



ADLEGATION, in the Public Laiu of the Gennan 

 empire, a right claimed by the ftates of the empire of ad- 

 joining plenipotentiaries, in public treaties and negociations, 

 to thofe of tUe emperor, for the tranfafting of matters which 

 relate to the empire in general. 



In which fenfe adlegation differs from legation, which is the 

 right of fending ambaffadors on a perfon's own account. 

 Several princes and ftates of the empire enjoy the right 

 of legation, who have net that of adlegation, and mce verfa. 

 The bilhops, for inllance, have the right of adlegation in 

 the treaties which concern the common intereil, but no 

 right of legation for their own private affairs. The like had 

 the duke of Manti'.a. 



The emperor allows the princes of Germany the privilege 

 of legation, but difputes that of adh.gai'ion. They challenge 

 It as belonging to them jure regn'i, which they enjoy in 

 common with the emperor himfelf. Ludwig has a dif- 

 courfe on the fubjeft, wherein the controvcrfy is treated at 

 large. 



ADLENTARE larlam, in Antiquity, a phrafe which 

 denoted the care th;it was taken every day to comb the 

 beard, and to render it foft and flexible. 



ADLERFELDT, Gustavus, in Biography, a Swe- 

 clifh ofSeer and hiftorian, was born near Stockholm, ftudied 

 at Upfal, where he was diftinguilhed by his appUcation and 

 improvement, and then made the tour of Europe. On his 

 return, Charles XII. appointed him a gentleman of his 

 chamber. Having accompanied this monarch in his mili- 

 tai7 courfe, and witneffed both his viAories and defeats, 

 he was qualified to compile his hiftory, which terminates 

 with the day of his death, at the battle of Pultawa, in 

 1709, ap.d which was tranflated into French by his fon, and 

 printed in four vokuics izmo. at Amfterdam, in 1740... 



ADLESBERG, in Geography, a well built market, 

 town in the inner Carniola, in Aullria, fituate at the foot 

 of a high rocky mountain, near the river Alben, on which 

 ftands a citadel, under which is a grotto of very confiderable 

 extent and capacity. Many curious figures of Hones, na- 

 tural ftone theatres, ftone bridges, &c. are to be fcen in it ; 

 and near the entrance of the cavern the river Potg, ■fthich, 

 at about a mile's diftance from it, iffues out of a mountain, 

 runs into an aperture in the rock, and then glides off under 

 the cavern. 



AdLJierg, is called in Latin Pojlnena. It is four leagues 

 eaft-north-cafi: fiom Trieil-'. 



ADLOCUTIOM, Adlocutio, in y^nZ/'y//;/)', is chiefly 

 underilood of fpccchL,-, made by Roma.j generals to their 

 armies, tc encourage them beiore a battle. We frequently 

 find thefe adiu-:utionb eypreffcd on medals, by the abbrevi- 

 ature ADLOCVT. con. 



The general is fometim.es reprefented as placed on a tri- 

 bunal ; often on n bank or mound of turf, with the cohorts 

 ranged orderly round liijn, in manlpuTi and iurmi^. The 

 ufual fonnula in adlocutions \v:\s,fartis ejfet acfidus. Pitifc. 

 Lex. Ant. torn. i. p. 27. Walk, on Coin. p. i. c. 10. 



AULWANG, in Geography, a town in the archduchy 

 of Aullria, three leagues fouth-welt of Stej'r. 



ADLZREITER, John, in Biography, chancellor of 

 Bavaria, an hiftorian and lawyer, flourifhed in the 17th 

 century. His annals of Bavaria, written in Latin, cc-m- 

 prehend the hiftoiy of the country from its beginning, to 

 the year 1652, compiled from authentic fources. This 

 work firft appeared in 1662, and was reprinted at Leipfic 

 in 1710, by Leibnitz, in folio. 



AIDMAH or Adama, in Scripture Geography, one of 

 the cities involved in the dellruftion of Sodom and Go- 

 moiTah. It was fituatcd between Zeboim and Gomorrah. 

 Gen. X. 19. xiv. 2 — S. Dent. xxix. 23. Hofea. xi. 8. 



ADMANUENSIS, compounded of the Latin ad, to, 

 and raanus, hand, in Ancient Laiu Books, denotes perfons 

 who fwore by laying their hands on the book. I)u-Cange. 



In which fenfe, admanuenfes amount to the fame with 

 laymen, and iland oppofed to clerks, who were forbid to 

 fwear on the book, their word being to be reputed as their 

 oath : whence they were alfo denominated^i^f-r/yw/. 



ADMEASUREMENT, Admensuxatio, in Zaw, a 

 writ which lies for the bringing thofe to reafon, or medio- 

 crity, who ufurp more of any thing than their fliare. This 

 writ lies in two cafes ; termed. 



Admeasurement of doiuer, Admenfuratlo dotls, where 

 the widow of the deceafed holds more from the heir, or his 

 guardian, on account of her dower, than of right belongs 

 to her. And, 



Admeasurement of pajlure, Admenfuratlo pajluris ; this 

 lies between thofe who have common of paftures appen- 

 dant to their freehold, or common by vicinage, in cafe any 

 of them furcharge the comnion with more cattle than they 

 ought. 



This is one of thofe writs that are called vlcontlel, being 

 directed to the fheriff (I'lce-eomill), and not to be returned 

 to any fuperior court, till finally executed by him. It re- 

 cites a complaint, that the defendant hath furcharged the 

 common, and therefore commands the Ihenff to admeafure 

 and appertain it, tliat the defendant may not have more than 

 belongs to him, and that the planitiff may have his rightful 

 fliare.' Upon this luit, all the commoners ihall be adaieafur- 

 ed, thofe who have not, as well as thofe who have iurcharg- 

 ed the common; the plaintiff as well as the defendant. 

 The execution of this writ muft be by a jury of 1 2 men, who 

 were upon oath to afcertain, under the fuperintendance of 

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