Butler's Ordinance
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. "Though it be on record in the parliament book of Edward I., yet it never was a statute, nor ever so received; but only some constitution of the king's council, or lords in parliament, which never obtained the strength or force of an act of parliament." Hale, Hist. Com. Law, 18.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. <A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor, “Though it be on record in the parliament book of Edward L., yet it never was a statute, nor ever so received; but only some constitution of the king’s council, or lords in parliament, which never obtained the strength or force of an act of parliament.” Hale, Hist. Eng. Law, p. 18.