Canister

See Case, 4. CAJSrON.4 A rule; a law. Canon law. Ecclesiastical law. In particular, a body of ecclesiastical laws relative to matters over which the church of Rome had or claims to have had jurisdiction.' Comp Ued from opinions of the fathers, decrees of councils, and decretal epistles and bulls of the holy see. Received, in England, by immemorial custom, or else by consent of parliament; otherwise, ranked as unwritten law.' Canons of construction. Rules of construction, q. V. Canons of descent or of inheritance. The rules which regulate the descent of inheritances; the rules according to which estates are transmitted from ancestor to heir. 6 See further Descent.