ADOPTIVE arms, in heraldry, or, arms of adoption, those which a person enjoys by the gift or concession of another, and to which he was not otherwise intitled.
ADOPTIVE arms
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ADOPTIVE arms, in heraldry, or, arms of adoption, those which a person enjoys by the gift or concession of another, and to which he was not otherwise intitled.