ENVOY
In international law. A public minister of the second class, ranking next afteran ambassador.Envoys are either ordinary or extraordinary ; by custom the latter is held in greaterconsideration.
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In international law. A public minister of the second class, ranking next afteran ambassador.Envoys are either ordinary or extraordinary ; by custom the latter is held in greaterconsideration.
Lat. On that day; on the same day.
Lat. At that instant; at the very or same Instant; immediately. 1 Bl.Comm. 196, 249 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 168; Co. l.itt. 208a; 1 Coke. 138.
Lat. With or in that view; with that intent or object. Hale, Anal.
Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition: in that place, (co loco.)Calvin.
Lat. Under that name; by that appellation. I’cr in tic ac si en nomineiihi tradita fuissct. just as if it had been delivered to you by that name. Inst. 2, 1, 43.
In Saxon law. An earl.
In Saxon law. An oath.
This term, in its ordinary and popular meaning, applies to any diseasewhich is widely spread or generally prevailing at a given place and time. Pohalski v.Mutual L. Ins. Co., 36 N. Y.
In medical jurisprudence. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysmswith uncertain intervals between them.The disease is generally organic, though it may be functional and symptomatic ofirritation in other parts of
Expenses or gifts. Blount.
In Spanish law. A term synonymous with “equity” in one of its senses,and defined as “the benignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to thecircumstances of the time, place, and person.”
The office of overlooking or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who isto overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government bydiocesan bishops. Trustees of Diocese of
In ecclesiastical law. Synodals, pentecostals, and other customarypayments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, formerly collected by the ruraldeans. Cowell.
Of or pertaining to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church.
A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.
In the civil law. Anoverseer; an inspector. A municipal officer who had the charge and oversight of thebread and other provisions which served the citizens for their daily food. Vicat.In medieval history.
A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands orassurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelman.
In the civil law. Rescripts ; opinions given by the emperors in cases submittedto them for decision.Answers of the emperors to petitions.The answers of counsellors, (juris-consul- it,) as Ulpian and others, to
The time at which a new computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Lond.
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