Catholic Emancipation Act
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), 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
Act 10 Geo. IV. e. 7. This act relieves from disabilities and restores all civil rights to Catholics, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices and certain high state offices. 3 Steph. Comm. 109.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The act 10 Geo. IV. c. 7. This act relieves from disabilities and restores all civil rights to fices. The previous legislation which by gradual stages led up to the final removal of these disabilities is to be found in the acts of 18 Geo. III. c. 60; 31 Geo. III. c. 32; and 43 Geo. III. c. 7. 2 Steph. Com. 721.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English IV., c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were of all civil rights except that of holding high state offices.
In Scots law. Catholic creditor: an debt is secured over all or part of his
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The slatute of 10 Gea. LV. ¢. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain high appointments inthestate. 3Steph. Comm. 109,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
The statute of 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain high appointments in the state. 3 Steph. Com. 109. CAUDA TERR^. L. Lat. A land's end; or the bottom or extreme part of a ridge or furrow in arable land. Cowell. The bottom or lower end of a field; perhaps, a slip of unploughed land at the lower end of a field, as caput terra, a headland, was at the upper end.* See Abuttals, Butts, Headlands.