Significavit
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Meaning of Significavit
In ecclesiastical law , it was a writ, issued out of the chancery Courts based upon a certificate given by the Bishop that a man had been excommunicated, for keeping him in prison until he submitted himself to the authority of the church.
Significavit Alternative Definition
(Lat.) In ecclesiastical law. When this word is used alone, it means the bishop's certificate to the court of chancery in order to Obtain the writ of excommunication; but where the words writ of significavit are used, the meaning is the same as writ de excommunicato capiendo. 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 248; Shelf. Mar. & Div. 502.
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Concept of "Significavit"
Traditional meaning of significavit in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A name for the writ de excommunicato capiendo, to imprison a person, during six months, for contempt of an order of the Ecclesiastical Court; see 3rd Book ("Of Private Wrongs"), Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England 102.
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Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, "Significavit", Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson's Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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Meaning of Significavit in the Past
When this word is used alone, it means the bishop's certificate to the court of chancery, in order to get the writ of excommunication; but where the words writ of significavit are used, the meaning is the same as writ de excommunicato capiendo. 2 Burn's Eccl. L. 248; Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 502.[1]
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Partialy, this information about significavit is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including significavit.