Ecclesia est infra aetatem et in custodia domini regis, qui tenetur jura et haereditates ejusdem manu tenere et defendere

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The church is under age and in the custody of the king, who is bound to sustain and defend her rights and inheritances.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary