Bulla - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bullaBlain
An inflammatory swelling or sore a bulla pustule or blister...
Bleb
A large vesicle or bulla usually containing a serous fluid a blister a bubble as in water glass etc...
Bubble shell
A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera belonging to the Tectibranchiata...
Bulla
A bleb a vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle containing a transparent watery fluid...
Bull
Bull [fr. bulla, Lat., a stud or boss], a brief or mandate of the Pope or Bishop of Rome, so called from the seal of lead or gold affixed to it, upon which was engraved on one side an image of St. Paul on the right of a cross, and that of St. Paul on the right of a cross, and that of St. Peter on the left, and on the other the Pope's name, and the year of his pontificate.To procure, publish, or put in use any of these is made treason, punished by death, by 13 Eliz. c. 2. That Act, though long previously obsolete, was not expressly repealed until 1846, and then only by an Act [(English) Religious Disabilities Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59()] repealing it so far only as the same imposes the penalties or punishments therein mentioned.A cant term used in the Stock Exchange to denote one who has bought stocks or shares with the intention of reselling on a rise in the market value. It may be applied either to a purely speculative purchaser or to one who makes a temporary investment. See BEAR...
Defender of the Faith
Defender of the Faith [ fidei defensor, Lat.], a title of the Sovereign of England, as Catholic is of the King of Spain, and Most Christian was of the King of France. It is still stamped (F.D. or Fid. Def.) on British coins. These titles were originally given by the Pope; and that of Defensor Fidei was first conferred in 1521 by Leo. X. on henry VIII. (but personally only), as a reward for writing against Martin Luther. In 1538 Pope Paul III., on King Henry's suppressing the monasteries, in the Bulla citatoria regis Angli' 'delivered over Henry's soul to the devil, and his dominions to the first invader,' without, however, expressly withdrawing the title; but by 35 Hen. 8, c. 3, the title was expressly given by Parliament, and has continued to be used by all succeeding Sovereigns of this country to this day, notwithstanding the repeal of 35 Hen. 8, c. 3, by 1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8, s. 4 (or 20), and the continuation of that repeal by 1 Eliz. c. 1, s. 4 (or 13). See Introduction to the 1901...
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