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PORTAS, or PORTUARY

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 111 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTAS, or PORTUARY , a See also:breviary (q.v.) of such convenient See also:size that it could be carried on the See also:person, whence its Latin name portiforium (portare, to carry, foris, out of doors, abroad). The See also:English word was adapted from the Old See also:French portehors, and took a large number of forms, e.g. porthors, See also:Porteous, portes, &c. In Scots See also:law, the " porteous-See also:roll was the name given formerly to a See also:list of criminals See also:drawn up by the See also:justice-clerk on See also:information given by the See also:local authorities, together with the names of witnesses, and charges made.

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