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A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.

Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.

A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts. Wharton. Burrill. Apostles' creed, a creed of unknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth centu…

To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. A further purpose appended to the primary one. I. Taylor.

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common t…

Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

taining. Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.

In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.

Unreal; illusory. "A sort of Barmecidal feast." Hood.

One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.

es made and issued by an individual or firm. -- Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or acceptances held by an individual or firm. McElrath. -- A true bill, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.

e; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

ifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.

The precursory symptoms of cholera.

Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.