Convivium
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A lay tenure, whereby a tenant is bound to provide meat and drink for his lord once or oftener in the year. The same as procn/ratio with the clergy. -Blount, CONVOCATION (Lat. eon, together, voco, to call).
In ecclesiastical law. The general assembly of the clergy to consult upon ecclesiastical matters. The clergy were always summoned at the commencement of each parliament. They themselves constituted a parliament, with a higher and lower house of convocation; the higher including the bishops and archbishops; the lower, the rest of, the clergy. It is still summoned before each parliament pro forma, preserving the ancient custom, but adjourns without transacting any business. 2 Steph. Comm. 542; 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 18 et seq.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A tenure by which a tenant was bound to provide meat and drink for his lord at least once in the year. Cowell.