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

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

Latin: In Roman law. An oath, as being a very sacred thing; more particularly, the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their general and their country. Ainsw. Lex. suit of the suit. The successful party received back his stake; the losing party forfeited his, and it was paid into the public treasury, to be expended for sacred objects, (tn sacris rebus,) whence the name. See … [Read more...] about SACRAMENTUM

L. Latin: In feudal law. Compurgators; persons who came to purge a defendant by their oath that they believed him innocent … [Read more...] about SACRAMENTALES

Lat. In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM. … [Read more...] about SACRAMENT ACTIO