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ADOXA

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TUBEROUS MOSCHATEL, HOLLOWROOT, or INGLORIOUS, in Botany. See BOTANY Index.

AD PONDS OMNIUM, among physicians, an abbreviation in their prescriptions, signifying that the last-mentioned ingredient is to weigh as much as all the rest together.

Ad Quod Dammum, in the English Law, a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire into the damage which may arise from granting certain privileges to a place, as a fair, a market, or the like.