Obit
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That particular solemnity or office for the dead which the Roman Catholic church appoints to be read or performed fice which, upon the anniversary of his death, wag frequently used as a commemoration or observance of. the day. 2 Cro. 51; Dyer, 313. OBITER (Lat. from obire, to pass). By the way; in passing. "This point was not the principal question in the case of Clere and Brooke, but the law concerning it is delivered obiter only, and in the course of argument, by Justice Manwoode." 2 Bl. Comm. 238.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That particular solemnity or office for the dead which the Homan Catholic church appoints to be read or performed over the body of a deceased member of that communion before interment; also, the office which upon the anniversary of his death was frequently used as a commemoration" or observance of the day. Dy. 313.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. He dies; a funeral solemnity, or office for the dead; the anniversary of a person's death; the aniversary office. V. Post.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. <A funeral solemnity, or oflice for the dead. Cowell. The anniversary of a person's death; the anniversary office. Cro. Jac. 51.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A (He dies.) A funeral Obiit sine prole: he died
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A corruption of the Latin o Mit, or obivit, he died. Signifies a funeral solemnity or office anciently performed for the dead, most commonly when the corpse lay in the church, uninterred; also, the anniversary office. The anniversary of any person's death was called the obit; and to observe such day with prayers and alms or other commemoration was the keeping of the obit. We have not met the word in modern books, except in the compound post-obit, a bond given by an heir expectant, drawn payable after the one from whom he will inherit shall die.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
That particular solemnity or office for the dead, which the Roman Catholic church appoints to be read or performed over the body of a deceased member of that communion before interment; also the office which, upon the anniversary of his death, was frequently used as a commemoration or observance of the day. 2 Cro. 51; D yer, 313.