Pro Salute Anim - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: pro salute animPro salute anim'
Pro salute anim' [for the good of his soul]. All prosecutions in the ecclesiastical courts are pro saluteanim'....
A vinculo matrimonii
A vinculo matrimonii. (From the bond of wedlock). It was a total divorce obtained from the Ecclesiastical Court on some canonical impediment existing before marriage and not arising afterwards, for the marriage was declared void, as having been absolutely unlawful ab initio, and the parties were therefore separated pro salute animarum (for the safety of their souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express letter of which the Courts will not sanction any interpretation, for the meaning of the Legislature cannot be so well explained as by its own direct words, since index animi sermo (language conveys the intention of the mind), and maledicta expositio qu' corrumpit textum (an exposition which corrupts the text is bad). [4 Rep. 35; Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl & F 143.]This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against...
Salutation
The act of saluting or paying respect or reverence by the customary words or actions the act of greeting or expressing good will or courtesy also that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting...
Reclaimed animals
Reclaimed animals, those that are made tame by art, industry, or education, whereby a qualified pro-perty may be acquired in them. See FER' NA-TUR', and 2 Steph. Com....
Saluter
One who salutes...
Salute
Salute, a coin made by Henry V., after his conquest in France, where on the arms of England and France were stamped and quartered, Stow's Chron. 589....
nolle pros
nolle pros nolle prossed nolle pros·sing : nol-pros ...
nunc pro tunc
nunc pro tunc : now for then used in reference to a judicial or procedural act that corrects an omission in the record, has effect as of an earlier date, or takes place after a deadline has expired [a nunc pro tunc order] [permitted to file the petition nunc pro tunc] ...
pro bono
pro bono [Latin pro bono publico for the public good] : being, involving, or doing legal work donated esp. for the public good [pro bono counsel] ...
pro confesso
pro confesso [Latin] : as though confessed [the plaintiff's pleadings were taken pro confesso since the defendant did not appear] see also decree pro confesso at decree ...
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