Canon

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Meaning of Canon

A dignitary of the English church other than a Dean. A rule of law or a rule of discipline, particularly ecclesiastical . A rule of law contained in deeretum gratiani compiled by Gratianis in the twelfth century, or any rule of ecclesiastical content proclaimed and promulgated by the Church.

Canon Alternative Definition

(1) A prebendary, or member of a chapter of the Church of England. All members of chapters except deans are now to be entitled “canons,” in England. 3 Steph. Comm. 67, note; 1 Bl. Comm. 382.
(2) A rule, maxim, or precept of law, as the “canons of construction,” or the “canons of descent.” Most commonly a rule of ecclesiastical law. See “Canon Law.”
(3) In Spanish law. The annual charge or rent paid on recognition of the dominium utile by holder thereof. 15 Cal. 556.

Synonyms of Canon

noun

  • act
  • behest
  • citation
  • code
  • command
  • commandment
  • criterion
  • decree
  • demand
  • dictate
  • dictation
  • dictum
  • direction
  • edict
  • established principle
  • fiat
  • fundamental principle
  • general rule
  • imperative
  • imposition
  • instruction
  • interdiction
  • law
  • legislation
  • lex
  • mandate
  • manifesto
  • norma
  • order
  • ordinance
  • precept
  • prescript
  • prescription
  • proclamation
  • pronunciamento
  • public announcement
  • regula
  • regulation
  • requirement
  • requisition
  • rescript
  • rule
  • rule of conduct
  • ruling
  • standard
  • statute
  • test
  • ultimatum
  • warrant
  • word
  • writ
  • Associated Concepts: canon law
  • canons of construction
  • canons ofethics
  • canons of judicial ethics
  • canons of justice
  • professional canon
  • rule of construction

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What does Canon mean in American Law?

The definition of Canon in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A rule, originally and presently ecclesiastical as in “… that the Everlasting had not fixed his canon gainst self-slaughter,” but having also come to denote some secular rules, especially fundamental ones, as in canons of construction and canons of descent. See also canon law. A canon is also a Christian ecclesiastical dignitary, for which see dean and chapter.

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Canon in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Greek kan_n”, a reed, rod, rule. A rule; a law.

Note: This legal definition of Canon in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

Etimology of Canon

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church law, Old English canon, from Old French canon or directly from Late Latin canon “Church law,” in classical Latin, “measuring line, rule,” from Greek kanon “any straight rod or bar; rule; standard of excellence,” perhaps from kanna “reed” (see cane; this term is also a noun.). Taken in ecclesiastical sense for “decree of the Church.” General sense of “standard of judging” is from c. 1600. Harold Bloom writes that “The secular canon, with the word meaning a catalog of approved authors, does not actually begin until the middle of the eighteenth century ….” [”The Western Canon,” 1994]. Related: Canonicity.

Meaning of Canon in the Past

This word is taken from the Greek and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to name an order of religious people. Francis Duaren says, the reason why the ecclesiastics called the rules they established canons or rules, (canones id est regulas) and not laws, was modesty. They did not dare to call them (leges) laws, lest they should s
eem to arrogate to themselves the authority of princes and magistrates. De Sacris Ecclesiae Ministeriis, p. 2, in pref. See Law, Canon. [1]

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  1. Partialy, this information about canon is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including canon.

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