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Banishment, an expulsion from the realm. For instances of it in English Law, see, e.g., (English) Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7), s. 34, banishing monks and Jesuits, and the (English) Alien Act of 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 20), revived for three years by the (English) Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 25), s. 15. See ALIEN; TRANSPORTATION....
Exile
Exile [fr. exilium, Lat.], banishment; the person banished.Expulsion from a country esp. from the country of one's origin or longtime residence; banishment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 595....
Relegation
Relegation, exile; judicial banishment.Abjuration, i.e., a deportation for ever into a foreign land, is a civil death; relegation is banishment for a time only, Co. Litt. 133 a. In Rome, relegation was a less severe punishment than deportation, in that the relegated person did not thereby lose the rights of a Roman citizen, nor those of his family, as the authority of a father over his children, etc, Sand. Just....
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
Religion
Religion, in a wide sense, therefore, is those fundamental principles which sustain life and without which life will not survive, Aruna Roy v. Union of India, (2002) 7 SCC 368.Religion, in Australia, the Constitution gives right to a person to follow his own religious belief and can freely exercise his religion, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 198.Religion, in Sri Lanka, the Constitution guarantees a citizen freedom of religion subject to the restrictions prescribed by law in the interest of national unity, integrity and security, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 200.Religion, in U.K., the Protestant Church headed by the Crown is by law established and built into the fabric of the English Constitution. The State has accepted the Protestant Church as a religious body reflecting the Christian faith, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 200.Religion, is a matter of faith stemming fr...
Monasteries Dissolution Acts (English)
Monasteries Dissolution Acts (English) (27 Hen. 8, c. 28; 31 Hen. 8, c. 13; 32 Hen. 8, cc. 7, 24); and consult Br. & Had. Cm. i. 466, and ii. 68. As to existing law of banishment of members of Roman Catholic religious orders (not being nunneries), see ROMAN CATHOLICS...
Monachus
Monachus, a monk. As to liability of Roman Catholic monks to banishment, see JESUIT....
Jesuits
Jesuits, members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola and confirmed by a Bull of Paul III. in 1540, its main object being to stem the tide of the Reformation by active propaganda. The Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7), by ss. 28-37, rendered Jesuits liable to banishment on conviction on indictment from the United Kingdom, and an attempt was made in 1902 to enforce the Act. See Law Journal Newspaper, 1st Feb., 1902, for judgment of Mr. Kennedy at the Marlborough Street Police Court on refusing a summons, and R. v. Kennedy, (1902) 86 LT 753, in which the High Court held that they had to jurisdiction to compel Mr. Kennedy to issue the summons; the sections were virtually a dead letter [Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch 937], and are now repealed as to Great Britain by the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 55). See ROMAN CATHOLICS....
Interdiction of fire and water
Interdiction of fire and water [interdictio ignis et aqu', Lat.], banishment by an order that no man should supply the person banished with fire or water, two of the necessaries of life....
Abigeat
Abigeat, the crime of stealing cattle by droves or herds. It was severely punished by the Roman law, the delinquent being often condemned to the mines, banishment, or death. See 4 Bl. Com. 239. Also a miscarriage produced by art, Ash's Dict. See ABACTOR....
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