Dignity
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Englishlaw. An honor; a title, station, or distinction of honor. Dignities are a species of incorporeal hereditaments, in which a person may have a property or estate.
2 Bl. Comm. 37; i BL Comm. 596; 1 Crabb, Real Prop, 468, et seq.