1. Noun
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
2. Noun
A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.
3. Noun
A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
4. Noun
a document giving an official instruction or command
Vocabulary classified under Law
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