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Lat. In the civil law. The stealing of sacred things, or things dedi-cated to sacred uses; the taking of things out of […]

Lat. In the civil and common law. A sacrilegious person; one guilty of sacrilege Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in Roman law. An oath, as being a very sacred thing; more particularly, the oath taken by soldiers to be true […]

In English 'criminal law. Larceny from a church. 4 Steph. Comm. 164. The crime of breaking a church or chapel, and stealing […]

Lat in Roman law. The right to participate in the sacred rites of the dty. Butl. Hor. Jur. 27 Source: Black's Law […]

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In maritime law. The name of an anclent officer, whose business was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or […]

Lat in Roman law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Lat in old English law. A sack. A quantity of wool weighing thirty or twenty-eight stone. Fleta, t 2, c. 79, […]

In old English law. He that is robbed, or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to […]

In old Egnllsh law. The person from whom a thing had been stolen, and by whom the thief was freshly pursued. Bract, […]

A school or sect of Roman jurists, under the early empire, founded by Ateius Caplto, who was succeeded by M. Sablnus, from […]

The heraldic term for black. It is called “Saturn," by those who blazon by planets, and “diamond," by those who use the […]

L. Lat The Sabbath; also peace. Domesday Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A gravel pit, or liberty to dig gravel and sand; money paid for the same. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In India. A peasant, subject, or tenant of house or land, wharton Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

8. An abbreviation in the civil law for “sine frauds sua" (without fraud on his part) Calvin Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat. In marl-time law. A rough or rude judgment or decision. A judgment in admiralty dividing Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat in the dvil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat in fendal law. Natives of a conquered country Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat A rude, un-lea rued, or unlettered tribunal; a term some-times applled to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dlspute. […]

In the clvll law. A servitude annexed to a rural, estate^ (preedium rusticum Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fr. A trick in war; a stratagem Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The circuit of an archdeacon’s and rural dean's Jurisdictions. Every rural deanery is divided into parishes. See 1 Steph. Comm. 117 Source: […]