Synod

An ecclesiastical assembly. SYR (Law Fr.) Sir. A word used by counsel in addressing a court; Keilw. 170b. T. An abbreviation of Termino, or Term, in the old reports. An abbreviation of Teste, in old vfrits. 1 Inst. Cler. 13. T. Every person who was convicted of felony, short of murder, and admitted to the benefit of clergy, was at one time marked with this letter upon the bravyn of the thumb. The practice is abolished. 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 27.

An ecclesiastical assembly, which may be general, national, provincial, or diocesan.

See Church. T. T. 1. As an abbreviation, usually stands for tempore, term, terminer, Tei-ritory, title, trial. Trinity. 2. As a brand or mark of infamy, commonly meant ' ' thief. " Anciently, a person convicted of a felony, not murder, and admitted to clergy, was branded with a T on the brawn of the thumb. ^ 'Gk. syl'labos, taken together — asawhole; athing made concise; a brief. 2 Gk. syn'dicos, an assistant to a judge or court. s Arnold v. Danziger, 30 F. E. 899 (1887), oases; 33 id. 1; La. Civ. Code, art. 429. 4 See Appeal of Whelen, 108 Pa. 162, 195 (1884). ^ Gk. syn-grdpliein, to write together. Compare Holograph. In Colonial times, was branded or imprinted with indelible ink upon the cheek of a person convicted of theft. A law enacted in Pennsylvania in 1698 provided, as part of the punishment for stealing goods worth five shillings, that the culprit be ordered, upon penalty of banishment, to wear, when away from his own premises, for six months, upon the outside of the left sleeve between the shoulder and the elbow, a badge of his " thieving " in the shape of a Roman " T." four inches long by one broad, of a color unlike that of the garment,— red, blue, or yellow, as the court directed. ^

A religious council or court. answerable for the debt to have actual cusmay be sued immediately principal. Surety of the the peace, acknowledged his own motion or on the peace against the fear of him, and does estate to him who has a by conveyance, as the; in la'wr, implied by accepts a new lease; copyhold estate to the lord may make a new grant; usually presides in the diprobate and guardianship. /. Let him be hanged one Lis own. of the peace. wood, cut annually. T. T, Teste, /. Witness. T., Termino, /.

A meeting or assembly of ecclesiastical persons concerning religion; it is the name derived from the Greek corresponding to convocation in Latin. There are four kinds: A general or universal synod or council, where bishops of all nations meet. A national synod of the clergy of one nation only. A provincial synod, where ecclesiastical persons of a province only assemble, being now what is called the convocation. A diocesan synod, of those of one diocese. A synod in Scotland is composed of three or more presbyteries..Jacob.