[244]: Axiom in law; named from Brocard, a Bishop of Worms, who made a collection of canons called "Brocardica Juris."—Tr.
[245]: Proculus and Sabinus were the founders of two rival schools of jurisprudence in Rome (Proculians and Sabinians) in the first century of our era.—Tr.
[246]: A term from the Pandects of Justinian, meaning liabilities to burdens or duties.—Tr.
[247]: Alluding to the consolidating of stocks, debts, &c.—Tr.
[248]: An Italian astronomer and anatomist, born in 1602.—Tr.
[249]: Faust (meaning both fist and the Faust of story) is the word in the original.—Tr.
[250]: Or journey.—Tr.
[251]: There is a play on words in the original, Hof meaning court, and also, when applied to the sun or moon, a circle round the luminary.—Tr.
[252]: The original has a slight pun; über die Tafel meaning both on the subject of the table and during the table (or dinner).—Tr.
[253]: A name given to different groups of delicate muscles in certain sensitive parts of the human body.—Tr.