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however.  loosely come to be applied  who  was  annigerous,  in  battle,  he
                               10  the Achievement.
                                There are two main types of arms,  that prisoner,  either adding them  to
                               namely:
                                                                his  own  or  bearing  them  alone.
                                 1. Private or personal arms which
                                                                  5.  Arms  of  Adoption  where  the
                               have been granted to a man for him-  last  survivor  of  a  family  bearing
                               self and  for the  use  of  al1 his  heirs  arms  has  no  issue  he  may,  with
                               male,  and  by  courtesy  to  his  heirs  Royal  consent, adopt  a  stranger  to
                               femaIe  of  the  next  generation  only.  bear  his  name  and  arms  and  to
                                 2.  Corporate  arms  which  have  possess his estates.
                               been granted  to institutions  wliether
                                                                  6. Canting arms which are some-
                               public  or  ecclesiastic,  civic  bodies  times  known  as allusive or punning
                               and industrial  concerns.
                                                                arms. These are bearings which con-
                                 3.  Attributed  arms.  These  are  tain  charges  which  allude  to  the
                               bearings which have been attributed  name of  the bearer.
                               either  to Kings  and  Queens  and  to
                               famous people who lived before the  Armoria1 Display - Armigerous per-
                               inception of  Heraldry or to mythical  sons rnay well display  tlieir  arms jn
                                                                one or more of  the following places :
                               characters.
                                 An  example  of  attributed  arms  A  Heraldic  banner;  wall  plaques
                               can  be  seen  in  the  famous coat  of  and  paintings  for  use  in  the  house;
                               Edward the Confessor, azure a cross  on the side of  a  vehicle:  on decoxa-
                               paronce  bdween  five  martlers  Or.  tive  scroll  work  either  on  gates  or
                               This  coat  was  frequently quartered  on  furniture;  table  silver and  table
                               by  King Richard II. It may  also be  mats;  cigarette  boxes;  cigarette
                                                                cases;  lighters;  cd links:  rings;
                               found in  the arms of  Westminster.
                                 Referencc  is  also  made  to  other  stationery,  seals  and  bookplates.
                               types of  arms which strictly faIl into
                               one or other of  the above categories,  Annory - The early name given  to
                               These include:
                                                                the study of  armorial bearings. This
                                 1.  Arms  of  Dominion  which  are  name was used  more particularly  in
                               those  borne  by  Sovereign  Princes,  the  early  days  when  the  word
                               not  the  ams of  their  families  but  Heraldry  applied  to  al1  the  duties
                               those  of  the  states  over which  they  of  a Herald. It must not be confused
                               reign.
                                                                with  ' armoury ' which  is  the  name
                                 2.  Arms of  Pretension, which  are  given to the place  where srnail arms
                               arms  of  dominion  borne  by  sover-  are stored.
                               eign  princes  who  have  no  actual   was  entitled  to  assume  the  anns of
                               autliority  over  the  states  to  which  Annonr  - The  defensive  covering
                               such arms belong, but quarter them  used  by  fighting  men.  Generally  il
                               !O express tlieir right thereunto; thus  was  made  of  iron  or  steel  but
                               the Kings  of  England quartered  the  records  are  in  existence  whereby
                               arms  of  France  from  the  time of   other  tough  materials  have  ben
                               Edward  II  to  1801.            used.
                                 3. Ams of  Succession which  are
                               those borne by the holder of  certain  Arrache  - Erased.
                               lord-ships  or  estates  thus  Earls  of
                               Derby  as  Lords  of  Man  quartered  Arrondi - Rounded  or  curved.
                               the  arms of  tliat  island.
                                 4.  Arms  of  Assumption. In early  Arrow  - The  ordinary  position  of
                               days.  if  a  man  captured  a  prisoner.  an  arrow  is  in  paIe  with  the  point
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