LEGIOSUS
\lˈɛd͡ʒɪˌɒsəs], \lˈɛdʒɪˌɒsəs], \l_ˈɛ_dʒ_ɪ__ˌɒ_s_ə_s]\
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In old records. Litigious, and so subjected to a course of law. Cowell. Legis constructio non facit injuriam. Co. Litt. 183. The construction of law does no injury. Legis interpretatio legis vim obtinet. Ellesm. Postn. 55. The interpretation of law obtains the force of law. Legis minister non tenetur in exeeu- tione officii sui, fugere aut rctrocedere. Tlie minister of the law is bound, iu the execution of his office, not to fly nor to retreat. Branch, I'riuc.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).