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Sanctus

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or SANCTUM (Lat. from sffl Mcire).

In the civil law. That which is guarded and fenced round against injury (quod ab injuria hominum defensum atque munitum est).' Dig. 1. 8, pr. Derived by Marcian, in the Digests, from sagmina, which were certain herbs carried by the legates of the Roman people to secure them from harm. Id. § 1.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sanctum, I.

In the civil law. That fenced round against injury.