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L. Fr. Near. Oy pres, so near; as near. See Cr Pass. … [Read more...] about PRES

contracts. Literally the price of chastity. 2. This is the consideration of a contract by which a man promises to pay to a woman with whom he has illicit intercourse a certain sum of money. When the contract is made as the payment of past cohabitation, as between the parties, it is good, and will be enforced against the obligor, his heirs, executors and administrators, but it … [Read more...] about PREMIUM PUDICITIAE

Latin: In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder;a presbyter; a priest Cod. 1, 3, 6, 20; Nov. 6. … [Read more...] about PRESBYTER

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That part of the church where divine offices are performed; formerly applied to the choir or chancel, because it was the place appropriated to the bishop, priest, and other clergy, while the laity were confined to the body of the church. Jacob. … [Read more...] about PRESBYTERIUM