Editus

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or AEDITUS (Law Lat.)

In old English law. Put forth; published or promulgated; passed as a law. Reg. Jud. 2. 1. Contra formam. statuti — editi et provist; against the form of the statute — ^made and provided. Rast. Entr. 598, 599. Brought forth or born, as a child. Bracton, fol. 278.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Issued; promulgated.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Old English Law. Put forth or promulgated when speaking of the passage of a statute; and brought forth or born, when speaking of the birth of a child. Black, L. Diet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. Put forth or promulgated, when speaking of the passage of a statute; and brought forth, or born, when speaking of the birth of a child.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Inold Englishlaw. Put forth or promulgated, when speaking of the passageof a statute; and brought forth, or burn, when speaking of the birth of a child,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

;. Put forth; brought forth; promulgated. E'e,/?-. Abb. for Estre, to be, or este, been. Effractores'A Burglars; housebreakers.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Aeditus. L. Lat. [from edere, to put forth, or publish.] Put forth, published or promulgated; passed as a law. Beg. Jud. 22. Contra formam sta- <»<»— editi et provisi; against the form of the statute— made and provided. Host. Entr. 598, 599. Brought forth or bom, as a child. Bract, fol. 278. EE. A termination giving to the words in which it occurs a passive sense, denoting the party to whom an act is done, or on whom a right is conferred; the receiving party; as — "or" denotes the acting party. Thus feoffee {feoffatrU) denotes the party to whom a feoffment is made; donee {donatoriits,) the party who receives a gift in tail; lessee, (Jirmarius,) the party to whom a lease is made, &c. 2 Bl, Com, 140, note (a). Litt, sect. 67. These words have long been in use, and many others have, in modem times, been constructed on the same principle, as obligee, vendee, drawee, and even promisee. Ee corresponds, in many cases, with the Latin termination— atus, and the French — e.