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Webster 1913 Edition
Actuary
Ac′tu-a-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Actuaries
. [L.
actuarius
copyist, clerk, fr. actus
, p. p. of agere
to do, act.] 1.
(Law)
A registrar or clerk; – used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.
2.
The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
Webster 1828 Edition
Actuary
ACT'UARY
,Noun.
A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction; but in Europe used for a clerk or register generally.