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Pro Salute Animae

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

For the good of his soul. All prosecutions in the ecclesiastical courts are pro salute animae; hence it will not be a temporal damage founding an action for slander that the words spoken put any one in danger of such a suit. 3 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 309n, 437; 4 Steph. Comm. 207.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

For the soul’s welfare.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

For the good of his soul. All prosecutions in the ecclesiastical courts are pro salute anima; hence it will not be a temporal damage founding an action for slander that the words spoken put any one in danger of such a suit. 3 Steph. Comm. (7th. Ed.) 3O9n, 437 ; 4 Steph. Comm. 207.