VENDITIO
\vɛndˈɪtɪˌə͡ʊ], \vɛndˈɪtɪˌəʊ], \v_ɛ_n_d_ˈɪ_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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Lat In the civil law. In a strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the contract of sale, otherwise called "emptio vendition Inst. 3. 24. Calvin. In a large sense. Any mode or species of alienation; any contract by which the property or ownership of a thing may be transferred. Id.
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).