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Meaning of Decanus
(Lat.) A dean; an officer having charge of ten persons. In Constantinople, an officer who has charge of the burial of the dead. Nov. Jus. 43. 59; Du Cange. The term is of extensive use, being found with closely related meanings in the old Roman, the civil, ecclesiastical, and old European law. It is used of civil and ecclesiastical, as well as military, affairs. There were a variety of decani: Decanus monasticus, the dean of a monastery. Decanus in majori ecelesia, dean of a cathedral church. Decanus militaris, a military captain of ten soldiers. Decanus episcopi, a dean presiding over ten parishes. Decanus frihorgi, dean of a fribourg, tithing, or association of ten inhabitants. A Saxon officer, whose duties were those of an inferior judicial officer. Du Cange; Spelman; Calv. Lex.
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Concept of “Decanus”
Traditional meaning of decanus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A dean. Decania, decanatus: his jurisdiction; a deanery; also, a tithing (see this last concept in this legal reference),
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Decanus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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