Dignity
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. An honor; a title, station or distinction of honor, — a species of incorporeal hereditament, in which a person may have a property.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Englishlaw. An honor; a title, station, or distinction of honor. Dignities are a species of incorporeal hereditaments, in which a person may have a property or estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 37; i BL Comm. 596; 1 Crabb, Real Prop, 468, et seq.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In old English law, a species )f incorporeal hereditament. Dignities bear a near relation to ofl Soes. They were >riginally annexed to the possession of certam estates n land, and created by a grant of those estates. Alhough now little more than personal distinctions, they ire still classed under the head of realty.' DILAPIDATION". See Perishable,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
An honour, a title; a species of incorporeal hereditament.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English law. An honor; a title, station or distinction of honor. Dignities are a species of incorporeal hereditaments, in which a person may have a property or estate. 2 Bl. Com. 37. 1 Id. 396. 1 Crabb's Reed Prop. 468, et seq. AIKH^Aixtf. Gr.
In Greek law. Right, justice.^ Calv.Lex.Jur. Schrev.Lex. An action; a cause. Id. Judgment. Id. A penalty or punishment. Id. A forensic pleading, {Ubellus forensis.) Calv. Lex. A custom recognized by law. Sckrev. Lex,