DIGNITARY
In canon law. A person holding an ecclesiastical benefice or dignity,which gave him some pre-eminence above mere priests aud canons. To this class exclusivelybelonged all bishops, deans, archdeacons, etc.; but it now
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In canon law. A person holding an ecclesiastical benefice or dignity,which gave him some pre-eminence above mere priests aud canons. To this class exclusivelybelonged all bishops, deans, archdeacons, etc.; but it now
In English law. An honor; a title, station, or distinction of honor. Dignitiesare a species of incorporeal hereditaments, in which a person may have a property orestate. 2 Bl. Comm. 37; 1
Judicial decision or determination
A species of ecclesiastical waste which occurs whenever the incumbentsuffers any edifices of his ecclesiastical living to go to ruin or decay. It is either voluntary, by pulling down, or permissive, by
Tending or intended to cause delay or to gain time or to put off a decision.
In chancery practice. One the object of which is to dismiss,suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment orobstacle insisted on shall be removed. 3 Bl. Comm. 301,
A class of defenses at common law, founded on some matter of fact not connected with themerits of the case, but such as might exist without impeaching the right of action itself.They
Prudence; vigilant activity; attentiveness; or care, of which there areinfinite shades, from the sligHtest momentary thought to the most vigilant anxiety; butthe law recognizes only three degrees of diligence: (1) Common or
Such a measure of prudence, activity, or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent man under the particular circumstances; not measured by any
That extreme measure of care and caution which persons of unusual prudence andcircumspection use for securing and preserving their own property or rights. Civ. CodeGa. 1805.
Such a measure of care, prudence, and assiduity as persons of unusual prudence and discretion exercise in regard to anyand all of their own affairs, or such as persons of ordinary prudence
The same as great diligence
The same as slight diligence.
That degree of diligence which a person placed in a particularsituation must exercise in order to entitle him to the protection of the law in respect torights or claims growing out of
is that degree of care which men of common prudence generally exercise in their affairs, in the country and the age in which they live. Erie Bank v. Smith. 3 Brewst. (Pa.)
A fair, proper, and due degree of care and activity, measured with reference to the particular circumstances; such diligence, care, or attention as might be expected from a man of ordinary prudence
The measure of diligence and skill exercised by a good business manin his particular specialty, which must be commensurate with the duty to be performedand the individual circumstances of the case; not
(Fr. De lege efectus, Lat.) Outlawed.
In old English law. Pottage formerly made for the king’s table on thecoronation day. There was a tenure in serjeantry, by which lands were held of the kingby the service of finding
Half; a half; the half.