Canon
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
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A law.
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A prebendary, member of a chapter. Canon law: the law of the Church of Rome as to matters in its jurisdiction; and partly preserved in English ecclesiastical law and admiralty.