Recusants
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. Persons who wilfully absent themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Whart. Diet. Those persons who separate from the church established by law. Termes de la Ley.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. Persons who wlllfully absent themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Wharton. Those persons who separate from the church established by law. Termes de la Ley. The term was practically restricted to Roman Catholica.