Apostacy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The total renunciation of Christianity, by embracing either a false.religion, or no religion at all. This offense can only take place in such as have once professed Christianity.
4 Bl. Comm. 43.