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Heresy
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Heresy Meaning of Heresy An offense against ecclesiastical law , consisting in the holding of a false opinion contrary to the essential doctrines of Christianity. […]
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Opinion
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Opinion Meaning of Opinion A conclusion or belief held with confidence , after analysis of the facts and the law relating to a matter. Frequently the term is synonymous with judgment . <div […]
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Court Of Convocation
In English ecclesiastical law. A convocation or ecclesiastical synod, which is in the nature of an ecclesiastical parliament. There is one for each province. They are composed, respectively, of the archbishop. all the bishops, deans, and archdeacons of their province, with one proctor, or […]
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Adultery
English Legal System: Adultery In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Adultery : An act of sexual intercourse between a male and female not married to each other, when at least one of them is married to someone else. Intercourse for this […]
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Adultery
English Legal System: Adultery In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Adultery : An act of sexual intercourse between a male and female not married to each other, when at least one of them is married to someone else. Intercourse for this […]
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Ecclesiastical Law
The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]
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Ecclesiastical Law
The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]
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Inquisition
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inquisition Meaning of Inquisition The act of inquiring; inquiry; examination ; investigation. The term is synonymous with inquest . See U.S. v Oregon & C. R. Co., 186 F. 861; Hamilton v Brown, 161 U.S. […]
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Error
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Error Meaning of Error See “Mistake.” Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Error in the Dictionary, Error in our legal […]
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Abjuration
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Abjuration Meaning of Abjuration (Lat. abjuratio, from abjurare, to abjure, to forswear or renounce on oath). A renunciation of allegiance, upon oath. Sometimes loosely used in the sense of […]
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Offense
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Offense Meaning of Offense A crime or violation of a statute , generally entailing punitive consequences. The word is defined in 18 U.S.C. §3152(2) as follows: The term offense means any criminal […]
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Abjure
Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Abjure (You may find abjure at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 15c., “renounce on oath, repudiate, forswear,” originally especially “renounce or recant (a heresy) on oath,” from Middle French […]
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Faggot
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Faggot Meaning of Faggot A badge worn by persons who had recanted and abjured what was then adjudged to be heresy, as an emblem of what they had merited. Cowell. Browse You might be interested […]
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False
Not true or intentionally untrue.
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Apostacy
Sometimes spelled apostasy. Strictly, the total renunciation of a religion for another religion or for no religion at all, e.g., the act of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate in renouncing Christianity. The term has been widely used, however, to batter people who disagree as to […]