Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Head-fields; lands lying at the head or upper end of furrows etc. Capitulum est clericorum congregatio sub uno decano in ecclesia cathedral. A chapter is a congregation of clergy under one dean in a cathedral church. Co. Litt. 98.