Dispensation
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an Individual. In the United States, no power exists, except In the legislature, to dispense with law; and then it is not so much a dispensation as a change of the law.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power exists, except in the legislature, to dispense with law: and then it is not so much a dispensation as a change of the law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. An mission to do something forbidden, manded.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An exemption from conimanded; the canonistic pame for a license. Wharton, A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power exists, except iu the legislature, to dispense with jaw; and then it is not 30 much a dispensation as a change of the law. Bouvier,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
An exemption from some law; a permission to do something forbidden, or to omit something commanded. Wharton* s Lex.