SUPPLIES

In English law. The "suppiles" in parliamentary proceedings signify the sums of money which are annually voted by the house of commons for the maintenance of the crown and the various public services. Jacob; Brown. … [Read more...] about SUPPLIES

civil law. A corporal punishment ordained by law; the punishment of death, so called because it was customary to accompany the guilty man to the place of execution and there offer supplications for him. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Latin: In the civil law. Punishment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called "ultimum supplicium" the last or extreme … [Read more...] about SUPPLICIUM

Eng. law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king's bench or chancery, for taking sureties of the peace; it is commonly directed to the justices of the peace, when they are averse to acting in the affair in their judicial capacity. … [Read more...] about SUPPLICAVIT

Latin: In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to "duplication which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin. … [Read more...] about SUPPLICATIO

The actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right … [Read more...] about SUPPLIANT