Augmentation
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The increase arising to the crown's revenues from the suppression of monasteries and religious houses, and the appropriation of their lands and revenues. A court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands. The court was dissolved in the reign of Mary; but the office of augmentations remained long after. Cowell. A share of the great tithes temporarily granted to the vicars by the appropriators, and made perpetual by St. 29 Car. II. c. 8. The word is used in used in a similar sense in the Canadian law. AUGUSTA LEGIBUS SOLUTA NON est. The empress or queen is not privileged or exempted from subjection to the laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 219; Dig. 1. 3. 31.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The increase arising to the crown's revenues from the suppression of monasteries and religious houses and the appropriation of their lands and revenues. A court of augmentations erected by Henry
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English laiv. The increase of the crown revenues arising from the suppression of religious houses, 27 Henry VIII.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The increase of the crown’s revenues from the suppression of religious houses and the appropriation of their lands and revenues, Also the name of a court (now abolished) erected 27 Hen. VITT., to determine suits and controversies relating to monasteries and ab bey-lanus. Augusta legibus soluta non est. The empress or queen is not privileged ur exempted from subjection to the laws, 1 B). Comm, 219; Dig. 1, 3, 31.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The increase of crown revenues arising from the suppression of religious houses, 27 Hen. VIII., and the appropriation of their revenues. A court erected by Henry
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In old English law. The name of a court erected in the twenty-seventh year of King Henry VIII., for the purpose of protecting the kind's interests, in relation to the profits of sup* jvessed religious houses and their lands, g^ven him by act of parliament of the same year. So called from the augmentation of the revenues of the crown, derived from the suppPMsion of such houses.* Termes de la 20)r«! The court was dissolved in the re^ <tf Queea Mary, but ^e offiee of augmentation remained long' after. Jd. CotoelL