Sometimes this signifies the district into which a country has been divided; as, the province of Canterbury, in England the province of Languedoc, in France. Sometimes it means a dependency or colony; as, the province of New Brunswick. It is sometimes used figuratively, to signify power or authority; as, it is the province of the court to judge of the law, that of the jury to … [Read more...]

(1) The period during which Oliver Cromwell ruled in England. (2) Also the office of protector. (3) The relation of the English sovereign, till the year 1864, to the Ionian Islands. Wharton. … [Read more...]

The decrees of provincial synods held under divers archbishops of Canterbury from Stephen Langton, in the reign of Henry III., to Henry Chichele, in the reign of Henry V., and adopted also by the province of York in the reign of Henry VI. Wharton. … [Read more...]

(A) mar. law. A writing, attested by a justice of the peace or a consul, drawn by the master of a vessel, stating the severity of a voyage by which a ship has suffered, and showing it was not owing to the neglect or misconduct of the master. (B) legislation. A declaration made by one or more members of a legislative body that they do not agree with some act or resolution of the … [Read more...]

In English law. The several arch-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England. … [Read more...]