Entitle
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Its usual sense, to entitle is to give a right or title; therefore a person is said to be entitled to property when he has a right to it. L. R. 20 Eq. 534. In Ecclesiastical Law. To entitle Is to give a title or ordination as a minister. Gibs. Code, 141, note. In Practice. To prefix to a document the title of the cause to which it relates. ENTREBAT (Law Fr.) An Intruder or interloper. Britt. c. 114.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To give a right to. L. R. 20 Eq. 534.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In its usual sense, to entitle is to give a right or title. Therefore a person is said to be entitled to property when he has a right to it. Com. v. Moorhead, 7 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 516; Thompson v. Thompson, 107 Ain. 163, 18 South. 247.
In ecclesiastical law. To entitle ls to give a title or ordination as a minister.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In its usualsense, to entitle is togivea rightortitle. Therefore a person is said to be entitled to property when he has a right to it.
In ecclesiastical law. To entitle is to a givea title or ordination as a minister.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Title, 3.