Capitulary

[L. Lat. capitulars, from capitulum, a chapter.] A collection of chapters, (capiiuhrum congeries); a decree or ordinance.

Spelman.

In feudal law, the capitularies {capitularia), were a collection of laws, divided into short chapters or heads, promulgated by Charlemagne and other kings of the Franks. The earliest collection of them is that of Angesize, Abbot of Fontenelles, published A. D. 827. Three books were added by Benedict the Levite (that is, the deacon) of the church of Mentz. The best edition is that of fealuze in 1677; the latest is by De Chiniac, Paris, 1780, Basle, 1796.

Butler's Note 77, Lib. 3. Co. Litt. 1 Robertson's Charles V. Appendix, Note zxxiz.

I^sprit des Lois, liv.

28. c. 9.