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Dignity

In English law. An honor; a title, station, or distinction of honor. Dlg-nities are a species of incorporeal heredita-ments, in which a person may have a property or estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 37; 1 Bl. Comm. 396; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 468, et seq

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)