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 ADM (21 5 ) ADM Its rife S. of the lake Glace, among the Alps, runs S. ADMINICULATOR, an ancient officer of the church, by Trent, then E. by Verona in the territory of Ve- whofe bufinefs. it was to attend to, and defend- the nice, and falls into the gulph of Venice, N. of the caufe of widows, orphans, and others deftitute ofhelp, mouth of the Po. ADMINISTRATION, in general, the government, ADJOURNMENT; the word imports putting off direiSion, or management of affairs, and particularly the exercife of diftributive juitice; among ecclefomething to another day or time. ADIPOSE, a term ufed by anatomifts. for any cell, fiaftics it is often ufed to exprefs the giving or dilpenfing the facraments, tie. membrane, tec-, that Is remarkable for its fatnefs. ADVIRBEITSAN, in geography, a province of Per- Administration, is alfo the name given by the Spafia, in Alia, and part of the ancient Media. It is niards in Peru, to the ilaple magazine, or warehoiife, bounded on the N. by the province of Shirvan, :on eilablifhed at Callao, a fmall town on the S. Sea, which the S. by Irac-Agemi and Curdiftan, on the E. by Gi- is the port of Lima, the capital of that part of S. Akn and the Caipian fea, and. on the W. by Turco- merica, and particularly of Peru. The foreign fhips, which have leave to trade along that coaft, are obliged mania. ADIT, in general, fignifies the palfage to, or entrance to unload here, paying 13 per cent, of the price they fell for, if the cargo be entire, and even 16 percent. of any thing, as the adit of a mine, &c. ADJUDICATION, in Scots, law, the name of that if otherwiieq befides which they pay 3 per lodo, adion by which a creditor attaches the heritable eftate duty for confulftiip, and feme other fmall royal rights of his debtor, or his debtor’s heir, in order to appropri- and claiins. ate it to himfelf, either in payment ar fecurity of his Administration, a term ufed by anatomifts for the debt; or, that addon by which the holder of an heri- art of differing with propriety. table right, labouring under any defedt in point of ADMINISTRATOR, in Scots law, a perfon legally form, may fupply that defect. See Law, title, Com- impowered to aft for another whom the law prefumes incapable of afting for himfelf. Thus tutors or curaprifings and adjudications. ADJUNCT, fomething added or joined to another. In tors are fometimes ftyled adminijlrators in lavs to purhetoric and grammar, they fignify certain words or pils, minors, or.fatuous perfons. But more generally things added to others, to amplify or augment the the term is ufed to imply that power which is conferred by the law upon a father over the perfons and eforce of the difcourfe. ADJUTANT, in the military art, is an officer whofe ftates of his children during their minority. See Law, bufinefs it is to affift the major. Each battalion of title. Minors, and their tutors and curators. foot and regiment of horfe has an adjutant, who re- Administrator, is fometimes ufed for the prefident ceives the orders every night from the brigade-major ; of a province; for a perfon appointed to receive, mawhich, after carrying them to the colonel, he delivers nage, and diftribute the revenues of an hofpital or reout to the ferjeants. When detachments are to be ligious houfe ; for a prince who enjoys the revenues paade, he gives the number, to be furniffied by each of a fecularized biftiopiick; and for the regent of a during a minority of the prince, or a vacompany or troop, and affigns the hour and place of ren- kingdom, cancy of the throne. dezvous. He alfo places the guards, receives and di- ADMINISTRATRIX, a woman who afts as adminiftributes the ammunition to the companies, <bc. and ftrator. by the major’s orders, regulates the prices of bread, ADMIRABILIS, in botany, a fynonime of the mirabibeer, and other provifions.—The word is fometimes lis. See Mirabilis, ufed by the French for an aid-du-camp. fal, the fame with Glauber’s fait. See hmxs T&KT$rgenerai, among the Jefuits, a felecft num- ADMIRABILIS . ber of fathers, reliding with the general of the order, Glauber’s insalt maritime affairs, a great officer who each of whom has a province or country affigned him, ADMIRAL, as England, Holland, jutorium, in anatomy, the fame with the humerus Admiral alfo denotes the commander in chief of a fingle fleet or fquadron; or, in general, ary flag-officer whator fnoulder^blade. See Humerus. ADLE-EGGS, fuch as have not received an impregna- ever. In the Britifli navy, befides the admiral who commands in chief, there are the vice-admiral, who tion from the femen of the cock. ADLOCUTION, in Roman antiquity, is chiefly under- commands the fecond fquadron ; and the rear-admiral, ftood of fpeeches made by Roman generals, to their who commands the third. The admiral carries his armies, to. animate .them with courage, before a battle. flag at the main-top-maft-head; the vice-admiral at fore-top-maft-head; and the rear-admiral at the' ADMINICLES, in Scots law, fignifies any writing or the deed referred to by a party in an action of law, for mizen-top-maft-head. See Flag. F/Cif-ADMiRAL likewife denotes an officer inverted with proving his alledgeances or aflertions. A dm inicles, among antiquarians, the ornaments where- the jurifdiftion of an admiral, within a certain diftrift. There are a number of fuch in G. Britain.Admiral, with Juno is reprefented on medals.