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Ordo

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat That rule which monks were obliged to observe. Order; regular succession. An order of a court

Ordo albus. The white friars or Augustines. Du Cange.

Ordo attachiamentorum. In old practice. The order of attachments. Fleta, lib. 2, a 51, § 12.

Ordo griseus. The gray friars, or order of Cistercians. Du Cange.

Ordo judiciorum. In the canon law. The order of judgments; the rule by which the due course of hearing each cause was prescribed. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 17.

Ordo uiger. The black friars, or Benedictines. The Cluniacs likewise wore black. Du Cange.