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nomenclature (iou) and CONVICIUM, civil law (law)


nomenclature (iou)



nomenclature noun & verb. E17.
[French from Latin nomenclatura, formed as NOMENCLATOR: see -URE.]
A. noun.
A name, a designation. Now rare. E17.
The action of assigning names (esp. systematically) to things, classes, places, etc.; the manner in which names are assigned. E17.
Edinburgh Review The nomenclature of the frozen regions..has exercised the ingenuity of..explorers. E. Mayr Zoological nomenclature is the application of distinctive names to each of the groups recognized in the..classification.
A list or collection of names or particulars, a catalogue. Formerly also spec., a glossary, a vocabulary. Now rare. M17.
A set of names used, or intended to be used, to designate things, classes, places, etc.; esp. a system of technical terms used in a science or Other discipline. M17.
R. Bakewell The pedantic nomenclature..recently introduced into mineralogy. American Speech In the nomenclature of the South-western cowboy, sombrero is used interchangeably for hat.
b. Names, terms, or designations collectively; terminology. L18.
R. L. Stevenson There is no part of the world where nomenclature is so rich..and picturesque as the United States. A. J. Cronin To explain, in tongue-twisting nomenclature, the..selective action of the kidney tubules.
b. verb trans. Name, designate. Now rare. E19.
nomencla'tural adjective of or pertaining to nomenclature E19.
nomencla'turally adverb with regard to nomenclature M20.
nomenclaturist noun = NOMENCLATOR 5 E19.

CONVICIUM, civil law (law)


CONVICIUM, civil law. The name of a species of slander, or, in the meaning of the civil law, injury, uttered in pubic, and which charged some one with of the civil law, injury, uttered in pubic, and which charged some one with some act contra bonos mores. Vicat, ad verb; Bac. Ab. Slander. some act contra bonos mores. Vicat, ad verb; Bac. Ab. Slander.