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Legalis homo

Legalis homo, a person who stands rectus incuria, neither outlawed, excommunicated, nor infamous.

Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat

cases this maxim applies, as if a man should think he has a right to kill a person excommunicated or outlawed wherever he meets him and does so, this is murder. But a mistake of fact is

Excommunicato recapiendo

Excommunicato recapiendo, a writ commanding that persons excommunicated, who for their obstinacy had been committed to prison, but were

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VerbarSignificavit

Formerly a writ issuing out of chancery upon certificate given by the ordinary of a mans standing excommunicate by the space of forty days for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to

Cautione admittenda

Cautione admittenda, a writ that lies against a bishop who holds an excommunicated person in prison for contempt, notwithstanding he offers sufficient caution or security to obey the orders and commandment

Bishop

causes, and visits and superintends the clergy of his diocese. He consecrates churches and institutes priests, confirms, suspends, excommunicates, and grants licenses for marriages. He has his archdeacon, dean and chapter, chancellor who holds his Court and

Bedeweri

Bedeweri, banditti, profligate and excommunicated persons, Mat. Paris.

Anathematise

Anathematise, to pronounce accursed by ecclesiastical authority, to excommunicate.

Excommunicant

One who has been excommunicated

Supremacy, Oath of

from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered

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