Legal Definition and Related Resources of Faculty
Meaning of Faculty
In Canon Law. A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary, having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which, when it is delegated, is called a “faculty,” to another. Faculties are of two kinds: First, when the grant is to a man and his heirs in gross; second, when it is to a person and his heirs as appurtenant to a house which he holds in the parish. 1 Term R. 429, 432; 12 Coke, 106. In Scotch Law. Ability or power. The term “faculty” is more properly applied to a power founded on the consent of the party from whom it springs, and not founded on property. Karnes, Eq. 504. In American Colleges. The faculty is the body of instructors.
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Synonyms of Faculty
(Ability), noun
- ableness
- adroitness
- aptitude
- capability
- capacity
- cleverness
- competence
- competency
- cunning
- deftness
- dexterity
- enablement
- endowment
- equipment
- expertise
- expertness
- fitness
- flair
- gift
- handiness
- knack
- knowhow
- potency
- power
- proficiency
- qualification
- readiness
- skill
- skillfulness
- strength
- talent
- vis Associated Concepts: the faculty to comprehend
(Teaching staff), noun
- body of professors
- instructional corps
- instructional personnel
- instructors
- lecturers
- literati
- mentors
- officers of instruction
- professorate
- professors
- teachers
- teaching body
- teaching personnel
- tutors
Faculty in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
A special privilege or license granted to a person permitting him to do something which otherwise the law would not allow.
Note: This legal definition of Faculty in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Meaning of Faculty in the Past
A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which, when it is delegated, is called a faculty, to another.
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Faculties are of two kinds; first, when the grant is to a man and his heirs in gross; second, when it is to a person and his heirs, as appurtenant to a house which he holds in the parish. 1 T. R. 429, 432; 12 Co. R. 106. [1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about faculty is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including faculty.
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