Beneficium Ordinis
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch and civil law. The privilege of the surety allowing him to require that the creditor shall take complete legal proceedings against the debtor to exhaust him before he calls upon the surety. 1 Bell, Comm. 347.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Scotch and Civil Law. The privilege of the surety allowing him to require that the creditor shall take complete legal proceedings against the debtor to exhaust him before he calls upon the surety. 1 Bell, Com. 347.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In civil and Scotch law. The privilege of order. The privilege of a surety to require that the creditor should first proceed against the principal and exhaust his remedy against him, before resorting to the surety. Bell.
Defined under Beneficium in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inciviland Scotch law. The privilege of order. The privilege of a surety to require that the ereditor should first proceed against the principal and exhaust his remedy against him, before resorting to the surety. Bell.