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Capitulary

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In French Law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. The term is especially applied to the collections of laws made and published by the early French emperors. The execution of these capitularies was intrusted to the bishops, courts, and missi regis, and many copies were made. The best edition of the Capitularies is said by Butler to be that of Baluze, 1677. Co. Litt. 191a, Butler's note 77. In Ecclesiastical Law. A collection of laws and ordinances, arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass. Du Cange.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Capitular.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In French Law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. The term is especially applied to the collections of laws made and published by the early French emperors. The execution of these capitularies was intrusted to the bishops, courts, and missi regis; and many copies were made. The best edition of the Capitularies is said to be that of Baluze, 1677; Co. Litt. 191 a, Butler's note 77. In Ecclesiastical Law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in saying mass. Du Cange.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws.

In ecclesiastical law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass. Du Cange.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A collection of chapters; a decree or ordinanca

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws.

In ecclesiastical law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass. Du Cange.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[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.