Decretales

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In ecclesiastical law. The second of the two great divisions of the Corpus Juris Canonici. Decretales (jlregorii Noni: decretals of Gregory the Ninth; a collection of canon law, published in 1234, consisting of five books, each of whicli is subdivided into titles, and each title into chapters. Decretales Bonifacii Octari: decretals of Boniface the Eighth; a collection of canon law, more commonly known as the Liber Sextu^ Dearetalium, or Sextus decretalium. v. Sextus dearetalium.

I., decretals. The second division of the canon law. V. Corpus juris.

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In ecclesiastical law. Decretals; the title of the second of the two great divisions of the Corpus Juris Canonici; consisting of the Decretales Qregorii Noni, the Decretales Bonifacii Octavi, the Clementina!, and the Extravagantes, (qq. v.) 1 Mackeld, Civ. Law, 81, 83, Kaufmann's note. Ha Uifax Anal, b. 1, c. 1. Decretales Grboorii Nonl L. Lat. Decretals of Gregory the Ninth. A collection of canon law, published by Pope Gregory IX., A. D. 1234, consisting of five books, each of which is subdivided into titles, and each title into chapters. These decretals contain the papal decrees from the time of Pope Alexander III., and are cited by the name of the title, and the number of the chapter, with the addition of the word Extra, or the capita] letter X. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 83, note. Ha Uifax Anal, b. 1, c. 1. See Decretals, Decretales Bonifacii Octavi. L. Lat Decretals of Boniface the Eighth. A collection of canon law, more commonly knovni as the Liber Sextus Decretalium, or Sextus Decretalium. See Sextus Decretc Uium,