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  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Collective Bargaining

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Collective Bargaining Meaning of Collective Bargaining A procedure whereby an employer and the representatives of the collective body of his employees negotiate and bargain with a view to fixing the terms […]

  • Bull

    A letter from the pope of Rome, written on parchment, to which is attached a leaden seal impressed with the images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. There are three kinds of apostolical rescripts, the brief, the signature, and the […]

  • Politics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Politics Meaning of Politics The science of government ; the art or practice of administering public affairs. Politics Alternative Definition The science […]

  • Canon

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Canon 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 […]

  • Order

    Anton Piller order in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Anton Piller order. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Order (You may find order at the world legal encyclopedia […]

  • Capital

    Hello Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capital Meaning of Capital As an adjective, means chief , principal , or of pertaining to the death penalty , punishable with death. As a noun, in commercial parlance, means the fund or the […]

  • Clericus

    (Lat.) In Civil Law. Any one who has taken orders in church, of whatever rank; monks. A general term including bishops, subdeacons, readers, and cantors. Du Cange. Used, also, of those who were given up to the pursuit of letters, and who were learned therein. Also of the amanuenses of the […]

  • Clericus

    (Lat.) In Civil Law. Any one who has taken orders in church, of whatever rank; monks. A general term including bishops, subdeacons, readers, and cantors. Du Cange. Used, also, of those who were given up to the pursuit of letters, and who were learned therein. Also of the amanuenses of the […]

  • Ecclesiastics

    Meaning of Ecclesiastics in the Past Those people who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 2, t. 5, c. 4, 1. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about ecclesiastics is based on the Bouvier´s Law […]

  • Ecclesiastics

    Meaning of Ecclesiastics in the Past Those people who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 2, t. 5, c. 4, 1. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about ecclesiastics is based on the Bouvier´s Law […]

  • Civil

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil Meaning of Civil Derived from Latin civilis, a citizen as distinguished from a savage or barbarian. Byers v Sun Savings Bank, 139 P. 948, 41 Okl. 728. As opposed to criminal , the term indicates […]

  • Canonic

    Also Canonical. Pertaining, primarily, to canon law; something canonical is in accord with the ecclesiastical rule. But one might use the adjective to refer to some fundamental and well settled rule of secular law….

  • Canonical Impediments

    Under canon law there were various grounds, e.g., affinity, consanguinity, impotence, which rendered an otherwise valid marriage voidable, i.e., subject to annulment. When all of marriage law was canon law these were very important, inasmuch as divorce was, strictly speaking, impossible. Now, […]