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Canonist

Canonist, a professor of ecclesiastical law....

Canonist

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

Arbor consanguinitatis

Arbor consanguinitatis, a tree-shaped table, showing the genealogy of a family. See the Arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists, Hale's Com. Law, 335....

Chirograph a deed or other public instrument in writing, which anciently was attested by the subscription and crosses of witnesses: afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealment, people made their deeds of mutual covenant in a script and rescript, or in a part and counterpart, and in the middle between the two copies they drew the capital letters of the alphabet, and then tallied or cut asunder, in an indented manner, the sheet or skin of parchment; which, being delivered to the two parties concerned, were proved authentic by matching with and answering one another. Deeds thus made were denominated syngrapha by the canonists, and with us chirographa, or hand writings. Chirograph was also used for a fine, the manner of engrossing which and cutting the parchment into two pieces was observed in the chirographer's office of the Court of Common Pleas until those assurances by matter of record were abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), 2 Bl. Com. 296...

Compensatio criminum

Compensatio criminum (compensation of offences), a term used by the canonists. Where husband and wife and both been guilty of adultery, there was, according to the doctrine of the Canon Law, a compensatio criminum, i.e., the guilt of the one was neutralized by that of the other, and both were restored to the position of innocent persons. See DIVORCE....

Degradation

Degradation, a deprivation of dignity; dismissal from office. An ecclesiastical censure, whereby a clergyman is divested of his holy orders. There ae two sorts by the canon law; one, summary, by word only; the other, solemn, by stripping the party degraded of those ornaments and rights which are the ensigns of his degree. Degradation is otherwise called deposition, but the canonists have distingui-shed between these two terms, deeming the former as the greater punishment of the two. There is likewise a degradation of a lord or knight at Common Law and also by Act of Parliament, 13 Car. 2, c. 16....

Dispensation

Dispensation, an exemption from some laws, a per-mission to do something forbidden, an allowance to omit something commanded, the canonistic name for a license. See also BILL OF RIGHTS....

Mensalia

Mensalia, parsonages or spiritual livings united to the tables of religious houses, and called mensal benefices amongst the canonists, Blount....

Resignation

Resignation, implies that the party resigning has been elected to the office which he resigns: a man cannot 'resign' that which he is not entitled to, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 2299.Resignation, is a term of legal art having legal connotations which describe certain legal results. It is characteristically, the voluntary surrender of a position by the person on resigning, made freely and not under duress and the word is generally defined as an act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession or position, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 77, p. 311.Resignation, must be unconditional and with an intention to operate as such, Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition) Vol. 37, p. 476.Means the spontaneous relinquishment of one's own right as conveyed by the maxim. Resignatio est juris propril spontanea refutatio, Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn.Resignation, must be made with intention of relinquishment the office accompanied by act of relinquishment, Prabha Aarti v. State of Utta...

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