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NORTHAMPTON TABLES Definition & Legal Meaning

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Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bills of mortality kept in All Saints parish, England, in 1735-17S0. Noscitur a sociis. It is known from its associates. 1 Vent. 225. The meaning of a word is or may be known from the accompanying words. 3 Term R. 87; Broom, Max. 588. Noscitur ex socio, qui non cognos- citur ex se. Moore, 817. He who cannot be known from himself may be known from his associate.

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