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Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

certain ancient charters confirmed by statute, enjoys the sole jurisdiction (in exclusion of the King Courts) when a scholar or privileged person is the defendant, over all civil actions and suits whatsoever, excepting where a right of

Pandect', or Digesta

several Parts or Para-graphs. In order to prevent the circulation of incorrect editions, three Ultramontane and three Citramon-tane scholars were chosen every year in the University of Bologna, and termed PECIARII; they were excused from all other

Magna Carta

written in the Latin language, which, although not of that pure classicality that will be appreciated by the scholar, is nevertheless simple, vigorous, and unmistakable. The original Latin is printed in the statute-book in one column, and

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High Steward of the Universities, Court of the Lord

of treasons, insurrections, felonies, and mayhem, which should be found in any of the king's courts against a scholar or privileged person; they were to be tried before the Lord High Steward or his deputy, who is

Chastisement

Chastisement. As to legality of correction of a child by its parent, an apprentice or scholar by his master, or a criminal by an officer, see s. 24 of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty

Misadventure, excusable homicide by

effect is merely accidental. So where a parent is moderately correcting a child, a master his apprentice or scholar, or an officer punishing a criminal, and happens to occasion his death, it is only misadventure, for the

Scholastic

Pertaining to or suiting a scholar a school or schools scholarlike as scholastic manners or pride scholastic learning

Learned

or pertaining to learning possessing or characterized by learning esp scholastic learning erudite well informed as a learned scholar writer or lawyer a learned book a learned theory

Scholarship

The character and qualities of a scholar attainments in science or literature erudition learning

Bookman

A studious man a scholar

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