2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.

Ar"ro*ga*tive (&?;), a. Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

||Ar`ron`disse`ment" (&?;), n. [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.] A subdivision of a department. [France]

The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.

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