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Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A protection of the king to one who is a stranger, who fears violence from some of his subjects for seeking his right by course of law. Reg. Orig. 26.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A protection of the king to one who is a stranger, who fears violence from some of his subjects for seeking his right by course of law. Reg. Orig. 26. A notification by a belligerent commander that buildings or other property upon which the notification is posted up are exempt from interference on the part of his troops. Holland, Laws and Customs of War 44. The term is likewise used to describe a guard of soldiers who are detailed to accompany enemy subjects or to protect certain enemy property. Soldiers on this duty are inviolable on the part of the other belligerent; if they fall into the hands of the other belligerent they must be sent back in safety to their own army., II Opp. § 219.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A special privilege or license, in the form of a writ, under the great seal, granted to strangers seeking their right by course of law within the king's dominions, and apprehending violence or injury to their persons or property from others. Reg. Orig. 26.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. A license, the great seal, granted to strangers law within the king's dominions. wise. other party was not able to the decision of the cause to the deposited by both the parties to party on determination of the a church; breaking a church holy things; the alienation to purposes of what was given to restealing of sacred things, or taking of things out of a holy law. A sacrilegious person; a omnium pra;donum cupidiperson exceeds all robbers the cupidity and wickedness jndicatas aliis non prgejudithat matters adjudged beattenditur, sensus yeritatis propriety of words is attended with the proper meaning of often required, or requested.; anything which tends to renders cohabitation unsafe. sufl Bcient surety. granted in war, exempting from and to the extent described in granted, in time of war, to the them to depart in safety, or to remove effects only; a merchant vessel, for the prxjform of a writ, under the great kingdom, remain, go through, a specified time. in the form of a writ, under seeking their right by course of

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A writ under the great seal, giving strangers license and protection in the fealm.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A security given by the king to a stranger, who fears the violence of some of his subjects, for seeking his right by course of law. Cowel.