L. Lat. The Sabbath; also peace. Domesday. … [Read more...] about SABBATUM
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SACRILEGE
In English criminal law. Larceny from a church. 4 Steph. Comm. 164. The crime of breaking a church or chapel, and stealing therein. 1 Russ. Crimes, 84a. In old English law. The desecration of anything considered holy; the alienation to laymen or to profane or common purposes of what was given to religious persons and to pious uses. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SACRILEGE
SAGES DE LA LEY
L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chancellor and justices of the king's bench. … [Read more...] about SAGES DE LA LEY
SABBULONARIUM
A gravel pit, or liberty to dig gravel and sand; money paid for the same. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SABBULONARIUM
SACRILEGIUM
Lat. In the civil law. The stealing of sacred things, or things dedicated to sacred uses; the taking of things out of a holy place. Calvin. … [Read more...] about SACRILEGIUM
