Dignity
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In English law
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. Com. 37. 1 Id. 396. 1 Crabb's Reed Prop. 468, et seq. AIKH^Aixtf.
Gr. In Greek law. Right, justice.^ Calv.Lex.Jur.
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An action; a cause. Id. Judgment. Id. A penalty or punishment. Id. A forensic pleading, {Ubellus forensis.) Calv. Lex. A custom recognized by law.
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