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Sufficiently

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In a statute requiring the carrier sufficiently to water and feed live stock in transit the word is not too indefinite to carry a penalty. Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. Y. Gray (Tex.) 24 S. \V. 837. SUFFRAGAN (L. Lat. suffraganeus). A titular bishop ordained to assist the bishop of the diocese in his spiritual functions, or to supply his place. By 26 Hen. VIII, every bishop could present two names to the king, who appointed one of them a bishop suffragan of the same see. Jacob, L. D. So called because by his suffrage ecclesiastical causes were to be judged. T. L. A diocesan bishop in his relation to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. Encycl. Br. A suffragan has charge of a definite portion of^a large diocese. A coadjutor is appointed as an assistant and successor of an old and infirm bishop. Oxford Diet.