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Latin: In the civil law. An engagement or undertaking; particularly such as was made in the form of an answer to a formal interrogatory by the other party. Calvin. An engagement to pay a certain sum of money to the successful party in a cause. Calvin. Sponsio judicialis. In Roman law. A judicial wager corresponding; in some respects to the "feigned issue" of modern practice. … [Read more...] about SPONSIO

Those profits which a bishop receives in his ecclesiastical character, as the dues arising from his ordaining and instituting priests, and such like, In contradistinction to those profits which he acquires in his temporal capacity as a baron and lord of parliament, and which are termed his "temporalities," consisting of certain lands, revenues, and lay fees, etc. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SPIRITUALITIES OF A BISHOP

In international law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers (as generals or admirals In time of war) in behalf of their governments, either without authority or in excess of the authority under which they purport to be made, and which therefore require an express or tacit ratification. … [Read more...] about SPONSIONS

In ecclesiastical law. The tithes of land, etc Wharton. … [Read more...] about SPIRITUALITY OF BENEFICES

An execution which by the direction of the judge at nisi prius issues forthwith or on some early day fixed upon by the Judge for that purpose after the trial of the action. Brown. … [Read more...] about SPEEDY EXECUTION