Significavit Definition

noun

(UK, law, historical) A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.

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Other Word Forms of Significavit

Noun

Singular:
significavit
Plural:
significavits

Origin of Significavit

  • Latin, (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare (“to signify”).

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Significavit Sentence Examples

  • There seems to have been no machinery for assisting the original or appellate jurisdiction of the pope by secular process, - by significavit or otherwise.

  • In some sense the king's writ of significavit was discretionary; but its issue could be enforced by excommunication or interdict.

  • Thus when a writ of significavit issued on the mandate of a bishop, an appeal to Rome availed not to stay execution; but if there were an appeal to the archbishop it was otherwise.

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Words Starting With

SSISIG

Words Ending With

TITVIT

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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