Capitulary
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws.
In ecclesiastical law
A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass. Du Cange.