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In Spanish law. Work. Obras, works or trades; those which men carry on in houses or covered places. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, … [Read more...] about OBRA

eccl. law. In a general sense the property which accrues to the church by any right or title whatever; but, in a more limited sense, it is that which the priest receives at the altar, at the celebration of the eucharist. … [Read more...] about OBLATION

Lat. The obtaining a thing by fraud or surprise. Calvin. Called, in Scotch law, "obreption." … [Read more...] about OBREPTIO

or obventions, are offerings or customary payments made, in England, to the ominister of a church, including fees on marriages, burials, mortuaries, etc., (q. v.) and Easter offerings. 2 Steph. Comm. 740; BhUllm. Ecc. Law, 1606. They may be commuted by agreement. … [Read more...] about OBLATIONS

Obtaining anything by fraud or surprise. Acquisition of escheats, etc., from the sovereign, by making false representations. Bell. … [Read more...] about OBREPTION