"Extravagantes" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Extravagantes LAW AND LEGAL
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In canon law. Those decretal epistles whlch were publish-ed after the Clementines. They were so call-ed because at first they were not digested or arranged with the other papal constitutions, but seemed to be, as it were, detached from the canon law. They continued to be called

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Adulterine LAW AND LEGAL

Begotten in an adulter-ous intercourse. In t^e. Roman, and canon law, adulterine bastards )vere distinguished from such as were the …

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Attentat LAW AND LEGAL

Lat. He attempts. In the civil and canon law. Anything wrongfully innovated or attempted ln a suit by an in-ferior …

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Bishop'S Court LAW AND LEGAL

In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, tlie judge whereof is the bishop’s chancellor, …

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canon ENGLISH

A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; …

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canon ENGLISH
canonist ENGLISH

A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

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Canonry LAW AND LEGAL

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical benefice, attachlng to the office of canon. Holthouse

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Chapter LAW AND LEGAL

In ecclesiastical law. A congregation' of ecclesiastical persons in a cathedral church, consisting of canons, or* prebendaries, whereof the dean …

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clementine ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to …

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Clementines LAW AND LEGAL

In canon law. The collection of decretals or constitutions of Pope Clement V., made by order of John XXII., hls …

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Collegiate Church LAW AND LEGAL

In English ecclesiastical law. A church built and endowed for a society or body corporate of a dean or other …

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Common Law LAW AND LEGAL

1. As distinguished from the Roman law, the modern civil law. the canon law, and other systems, the com-mon law …

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Compaternitas LAW AND LEGAL

In the canon law. A kind of spiritual relationship contracted by baptism

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Conventio LAW AND LEGAL

In canon law. The act

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Dean LAW AND LEGAL

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank …

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decretal ENGLISH

An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The …

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A supplemental collection of the canon law, published by Boniface VIII. in 1298, called, also, “Liber Sextus Decretalium,” (Sixth Book …

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Decretum Gratiani LAW AND LEGAL

Grattan's de-cree, or decretum. A collection of eccleslas-tical law in three books or parts, made in the year 1151, by …

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Defender LAW AND LEGAL

In Scotch and canon law. A defendant

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deuterogamy ENGLISH

A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in …

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