Acephali
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The levelers in the reign of Hen. I., who acknowledged no head or superior. Leges H. 1; Cowell. Also certain ancient heretics, who appeared about the beginning of the sixth century, and asserted that there was but one substance in Christ, and one nature. Wharton; Gibbon, Rom. Emp. ch. 47.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
gfr.-Z. In feudal
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The levelers in the reign of Hen. I., who acknowledged no head or superior. Leges H.1; Cowell. Also certain ancient heretics, who appeared about the beginning of the sixth century, and asserted that there was but one substance in Christ, and one nature. Wharton.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from Gr. a, without, and kephale, a head.] Levellers in the reign of Henry I., who acknowledged no head, or superior. Cowell. Persons so poor that they had not a tenement by which they might acknowledge a superior lord. Ducange. Whishaw.