VIIS ET MODIS
\vˈɪa͡ɪz ˈɛt mˈə͡ʊdɪz], \vˈɪaɪz ˈɛt mˈəʊdɪz], \v_ˈɪ__aɪ_z ˈɛ_t m_ˈəʊ_d_ɪ_z]\
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Lat. In the ecclesiastical courts, service of a decree or citation viis et modis, i. e., by all "ways and means" likely to affect the party with knowledge of its contents, is equivalent to substituted service in the temporal courts, and is opposed to personal service. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258, 1283.
By Henry Campbell Black
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.