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Heresy
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Heresy1) English law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church. 2) In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Tenet
Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a refer-ence to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the action.
Church
A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871).
Heresy
1) English law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church. 2) In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy.
Profession
1) It is a public declaration respecting something. 2) It i's a state, art, or mystery; as the legal profession. 3) In the ecclesiastical law, it is the act of entering into a religious order.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
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Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
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Heraldry
Civil and canon law. The art or office of a herald. It is the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial. It also teaches whatever relates to the marshaling of cavalcades, processions, and other public ceremonies.
Herbage
English law. A species of easement, which consists in the right to feed one's cattle on another man's ground.
Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
Heresy
Heriots
English law. A render of the best beast or other goods, as the custom may be, to the lord, on the death of the tenant.
Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
Hidden bank accounts
A possible indication of Embezzlement, Bribery or Kickback frauds.
Hide
Measures. In England, a hide of land, according to some ancient-manuscripts, contained one hundred and twenty acres.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Tenet
Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a refer-ence to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the action.
Church
A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871).
Heresy
1) English law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church. 2) In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy.
Profession
1) It is a public declaration respecting something. 2) It i's a state, art, or mystery; as the legal profession. 3) In the ecclesiastical law, it is the act of entering into a religious order.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Heraldry
Civil and canon law. The art or office of a herald. It is the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial. It also teaches whatever relates to the marshaling of cavalcades, processions, and other public ceremonies.
Herbage
English law. A species of easement, which consists in the right to feed one's cattle on another man's ground.
Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
Heresy
Heriots
English law. A render of the best beast or other goods, as the custom may be, to the lord, on the death of the tenant.
Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
Hidden bank accounts
A possible indication of Embezzlement, Bribery or Kickback frauds.
Hide
Measures. In England, a hide of land, according to some ancient-manuscripts, contained one hundred and twenty acres.
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