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Systematized Delusion

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One based on a false premise, pursued by a logical process of reasoning to an insane conclusion; there being one central delusion around which other aberrations of the mind converge; Tay- T. Every person convicted of felony short of murder, and admitted to benefit of clergy, was at one time marked with this letter upon the brawn of the thumb. Abolished by 7 & 8 Geo. IV. Whart. Diet. TAB EL LA (Lat). In Civil Law. A small table on which votes were often written. Cicero, in Hull. 2. 2. Three tables were given to the judges, one with the letter A for Absolutio, one with C for Condemnation and one with N. L. for Non Liquet, not proven. Calvinus, Lex.