A publicly appointed legal officer.

Titius-Bode law

The hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun's, orbit at semimajor axes in a function of planetary sequence.

three geographical miles

Alternative form of puppet ruler

The mineral galena.

(law, historical) The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.

A variety of asbestos with a leather-like texture.

A ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.

Alternative form of oakleaf