Infidel
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who does not believe in the existence of a God who will reward or punish in this world, or that which is to come.
Willes, 550.
One who professes no religion that can bind his conscience to speak the truth.
1 Greenl. Ev. § 368.
This term has been very indefinitely applied. Under the name of "infidel," Lord Coke comprises Jews and heathens (2 Inst. 506; 3 Inst. 165), and Hawkins includes among infidels such as do not believe either in the Old or New Testament (Hawk. P. C. bk. 2, c. 46, § 148). INFIDELITAS (Lat.) In feudal law. Infidelity; faithlessness to one's feudal oath.
Spelman.
INFIDUCIARE (Law Lat.) In old European law. To pledge property.
Spelman.
INFIHT (Saxon). An assault upon an inhabitant of same dwelling. Anc. Inst. Eng.